Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, dismissed claims made by The Washington Post that he offered Ukraine Russian troop positions in exchange for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Bakhmut, calling the report “laughable.”
“Reading this is of course nice. It means I am not only fighting for Russia but Zelensky is also fulfilling my orders,” Prigozhin said in an audio message on Telegram, according to Moscow Times. “This is laughable.”
The report from the Post cited previously unreported Discord leaks, but the full documents were not published. The report said Prigozhin had contacts with Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, known as HUR, and met with Ukrainian intelligence officials in Africa.
“I can say with confidence, if we’re being serious, that I have not been in Africa at least since the beginning of the conflict, but in fact a few months before the start of the SMO (Special Military Operation),” Prigozhin said.
Moscow also dismissed the reporting, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling it “just another hoax.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked by the Post about potential contacts between the HUR and Prigozhin in an interview that was published on Saturday.
Zelensky accused the paper of helping Russia by asking the question and demanded the Post reveal its source for the information, saying discussing such intelligence is treasonous and a “felony” in his country. The Post briefly removed the testy exchange from the interview but later restored it.
Napolitano’s show today had a good laugh at the complete nonsence that this story is.
If he had truly shared those things he would be in a old fashioned Siberian gulag was their consensus if he was still alive.
They put it in the “controlled leak” category, which means disinformation. If this is the case than it’s all to fog and left foot Russia on the too well publicized coming Ukrainian offensive.
He and Johnson postulated that the offer could have been an attempt to mess with them akin to their strategy to withdraw in a area to draw in Ukraine troops to occupy then they encircle them and kill them and have been doing that quite well.
But they definately were of the mind Moscow would have listened on the call unbeknowst to them (other than assumptions that Moscow listens to everyone) and bad things would have befallen the guy if the offer was real.
Yes their construction was that there was actually a call to the end of pulling off the old Br’er Rabbit ploy. Prigozhin says there was no call which then would make it CIA disinfo to the end of …??
It sounds more like clumsy Ukrainian disinfo with encouragement from whoever is running the comedian.
“Wagner Chief Denies Claims That He Offered Ukraine Russian Troop Positions – Prigozhin called The Washington Post report ‘laughable'”
Zelensky has no honor and is a liar.
The WP has become a laughing stock prostitute for team Biden.
I believe him, Ukrainians already know where all the Russian troops are but I could be wrong. A man fearing for his life would do anything to survive, especially if drunk.
You believe Prigozhin? What a relief. He can now go back to his scheduled job.
I do and I have said that before. Prigozhin (especially when drunk) and Igor Girkin are the only Russian warfighters that are not afraid to tell what is really going on on the ground from their perspectives. Many are discrediting them now because they don’t follow the Kremlin’s narrative.
I’m glad you are relieved, perhaps now you can go back and try to live up to your avatar name instead of just throwing peanuts for likes.
this guy begs to differ Don Julio
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=col+doug+macgregor+-+ukraine+russia+latest
Jealousy is an ugly behavior. Let’s work on that.
Come on man!
You have to be pulling our leg.
Even you can’t believe such rubbish.
Are you setting up your alibi for future bender?
“I was fearing for my life, officer!
That’s why I was driving so fast; faster you go the less time on the road driving drunk”
(a rephrasing of a old Howard Hesseman bit 😉
Wagner are mercenaries – who does Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner answer to – who tells him what to do?
We’ve been busy investigating Russia-gate for 7 years but we can confirm that Yevgeny Prigozhin is intelligent enough to work for Ukrainian intelligence. (Sarcasm alert)