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Prigozhin's recorded video message follows information that over a thousand Wagner Group mercenaries have departed Belarus because they are unhappy with their pay, the Ukrainian military's National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 19.
Sources in Belarus told the Center that the number of Wagner fighters had fallen from 5,800 to 4,400.
According to the center's report, "lack of funding from Russia" is the cause. Dissatisfied with their earnings, Wagner mercenaries stationed in Belarus have signed contracts to fight in African nations or left for vacation without the intention of returning.
The warlord suggests in the clip, posted on Monday, that he is on the African continent, adding that “the temperature is plus 50 [degrees Celsius]”. He says Wagner is conducting reconnaissance and search operations and “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free”
“Justice and happiness for the African peoples,” Prigozhin says in the clip. “Let’s make it a nightmare for ISIS, al-Qaeda and other thugs. We are hiring real bogatyrs [ancient Slavic warriors] and continue to fulfill the tasks that were set before us and that we promised we would handle.”
originally posted by: datguy
I'm calling BS
Maybe a plane WAS shot down in Russia, there has been a lot of that going
Maybe Prigozhin's name WAS on a passenger list
But a video of Him in Mali was posted on monday, He is in Africa Not sure why he would go from Belarus, to Mali, to Russia, to then fly to another Russian city
Something is false, someone is lying and i'm very of sad no one on ATS has done any DD or mentioned this yet. just regurgitation of the same media propaganda which everyone is always against when its not in their favor
Wagner boss Prigozhin claims to be in Africa, pledges to 'make Russia even greater on all continents'
Prigozhin's recorded video message follows information that over a thousand Wagner Group mercenaries have departed Belarus because they are unhappy with their pay, the Ukrainian military's National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 19.
Sources in Belarus told the Center that the number of Wagner fighters had fallen from 5,800 to 4,400.
According to the center's report, "lack of funding from Russia" is the cause. Dissatisfied with their earnings, Wagner mercenaries stationed in Belarus have signed contracts to fight in African nations or left for vacation without the intention of returning.
Wagner making ‘Africa even more free’, says Prigozhin in first post-rebellion video
The warlord suggests in the clip, posted on Monday, that he is on the African continent, adding that “the temperature is plus 50 [degrees Celsius]”. He says Wagner is conducting reconnaissance and search operations and “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free”
originally posted by: Cosmocow
a reply to: ufoorbhunter
could the general be fired for giving the order to shoot down the plane? Is that the spin to eliminate one via death and the other via jail?
We've now heard from the Russian Civil Aviation Authority that Prigozhin and Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin were both on the flight.
news.sky.com...