‘We didn’t want to overthrow government’, says Wagner’s Prigozhin, in first comments since mutiny

26 Jun 2023 • 11:54 PM MYT
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MOSCOW, June 26 — Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said today, in his first public comments since ending a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force on Saturday, that it had been intended to register a protest at the ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine, not to overthrow the government in Moscow.

Prigozhin spoke in an 11-minute audio message released on the Telegram messaging app. — Reuters