Wagner mercenaries threaten revenge, march on Moscow after Prigozhin’s death: ‘Expect us’By Snejana Farberov
August 24, 2023
Purported members of the Russian Wagner mercenary group released chilling videos threatening revenge — and a new “March of Justice” on Moscow — after their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reportedly died in a fiery jet crash.
A Telegram channel associated with Prigozhin’s private army released a short clip showing a trio of masked men dressed in camouflage and body armor making vague threats of retaliation.
“There are many discussions about what Wagner would do now,” one of the supposed mercenaries says in the 8-second video. “We’ll say one thing — we’re already starting off. Expect us.”
Some critics have raised questions about the authenticity of the footage, claiming it was the handiwork of Ukrainian security services aimed at sowing panic in Russia, but there was no concrete evidence to support that theory.
In a separate video, a man claiming to be a Wagner mercenary who fought in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut openly suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin was to blame for the crash that killed Prigozhin and nine others in the Tver region Wednesday.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/wagner-fighters-threaten-to-march-on-moscow-after-jet-crash/
