Putin’s army ‘tried to blow up’ Wagner Group troops, claims mercenary boss
The chief of the brutal private military company Wagner has claimed that Mad Vlad’s vicious army tried to blow up Wagner troops, despite seemingly fighting on the same side.
Wardog Yegevny Prigozhin claimed that the regular Russian army allegedly planted explosives on routes used by the private military force as they pulled back from Bakhmut, where they were supporting the invading force.
He added that Russia’s defence ministry claimed that the orders came from on high, and that Putin himself had asked for the charges to be set.
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“Shortly before our departure, we detected suspicious activity along our route,” Prigozhin said.
“[Following] this suspicious activity, we got in touch with law enforcement and began to study our exit routes along the roads.
“We discovered about a dozen places where various explosive devices were placed, ranging from hundreds of anti-tank mines to tons of [charges] from Zmey Gorynych self-propelled missiles.”
“Those who planted these charges were representatives of the Ministry of Defence.
“When we asked why they did it, they pointed their fingers up."
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The allegations come just weeks after the Wagner group handed over its positions to the Russian army, in an agreed retreat from one of the deadliest battles in the 15 month invasion, which saw tens of thousands of soldiers die.
Prigozhin and Putin have been feuding for months now, with the Russian leader fearing that the wardog has become too powerful.
“We assume that this was an attempt at public flogging,” said Prigozhin.
In the end there was “no harm done” and Russian law enforcement is probing the planting of explosives, he said.
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Prigozhin added: “Questions are not yet answered.”
He said that Wagner had suffered “no provocations against us from the Armed Forces of Ukraine" as they retreated.
But “surprises were waiting for us” from his own Russian side.
Wagner comprises volunteer fighters and those freed from Russian jails, including murderers and rapists, who were promised freedom after serving for six months.
The group is the largest of dozens of mercenary forces set up in recent years in Russia.
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