in four acts, the irresistible rise to extremes between Wagner and the army

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2023-06-24 04:18:16

Evgueni Prigojine on June 1, 2023 near Bakhmout in Ukraine. PRESS SERVICE OF “CONCORD / REUTERS

NARRATIVE – For months, Yevgeny Prigojine, the boss of the Russian mercenary group, has openly insulted Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. But, this Friday evening, the former Putin cook crossed a red line.

Will the adventure of Vladimir Putin’s former cook, who became a warlord in Ukraine, end for him in the night of the long knives? It is far too early to tell, but the night of Friday June 23 to Saturday June 24 already appears as a break in the incredible, dazzling and bloody story of one of the main protagonists of the conflict which is ravaging eastern Europe. For months now, at the head of his army of mercenaries, Evgueni Prigojine has insulted the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, accusing him of all evils. But the leader of Wagner, who can be proud in Russia of having succeeded – after months of fighting – in seizing the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmout in the Donbass, took a step in the night, probably without return .

With his 25,000 men – a figure he claims on his Telegram channel – the militiaman announced that he had entered the Russian city of Rostov in eastern Crimea, information which has not been confirmed at this time…

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