Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of The Wagner Group, claimed Russia's forces attacked his troops in Ukraine.
According to Prigozhin, the tensions resulted in his troops being attacked on Friday by Russia's formal military forces.
Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory outside St. Petersburg on September 20, 2010. Prigozhin, The Wagner Group leader, on Friday accused the Russian military of attacking Wagner positions in Ukraine and declared war on the Russian Ministry of Defense.After the alleged attack, Prigozhin said he's"declaring war on the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"PMC Wagner Commanders' Council made a decision: The evil brought by the military leadership of the country must be stopped," he said, according to a translated from the WarTranslated project."Those who destroyed today our guys, who destroyed tens, tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished.
"I'm asking: No one resist. Everyone who will try to resist, we will consider them a danger and destroy them immediately, including any checkpoints on our way. And any aviation that we see above our heads."⚡️⚡️⚡️ Prigozhin, announced that a Wagner military base has been ATTACKED by the 🇷🇺 ARMY! Saying, the 🇷🇺 Army"launched rocket attacks on our rear camps. A huge number of soldiers died. We will decide how we will respond...
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