Prigozhin: "We went to demonstrate our protest, and not to overthrow power in the country"

The head of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin made a statement almost two days later after the retreat from Rostov. According to him, "the purpose of the campaign was to prevent the destruction of PMCs" Wagner "and bring to justice all persons who, with their unprofessional actions, made a huge number of mistakes in the course of" his "."

According to him, Wagner's PMC allegedly was going to disarm on June 30, but a blow was struck by his militants, as a result of which about 30 people were killed.

“We did not want to shed Russian blood. We went to demonstrate our protest, and not to overthrow power in the country, ”Prigozhin said.

Prigozhin emphasized that the locals met the Wagnerians with enthusiasm, as they hoped that they would solve problems, including corruption.

He emphasized that no one was injured on earth from his actions.

Meanwhile, it was previously reported that the losses of the Russian army as a result of a military rebellion could be from four to 20 people. In addition, at least two combat helicopters and one plane were destroyed by Wagner PMCs.

The BAZA Telegram channel reported that the first helicopter was shot down at about five in the morning on June 24 during a clash at the Voronezh village of Elizavetovka. All crew members managed to escape. The second helicopter fell five hours later next to the village of Filonovo.

Also on the morning of June 24, the Wagenrovites released the missile on the IL-22 aircraft, which collapsed next to the village of Kantemirovka. According to preliminary information, four people were killed as a result of the fall.

Channel First Channel Irina Kuksenkova claimed that 10 people were on board the downed aircraft.

“When Prigozhin was already asked at the headquarters of the South Academy of Sciences why [shot down the IL-22], because this plane does not strike, but performs other functions, he said-and the fool of the launcher in the column knocked down everything that took off,” she said.

According to the propagandist, after these words, the head of the PMC Wagner agreed to pay 50 million compensation to the relatives of the dead pilots.

Also in the evening of June 24, a confused Ka-52 Alleigator helicopter was reported in the Voronezh village of Komintern and two dead pilots.

In total, according to the FlightBomber Telegram channel, we can talk about six destroyed helicopters. “Siberia. Reals” wrote about 20 dead troops.

Kommersant said earlier that the criminal case of organizing an armed rebellion, the main person involved in Prigozhin, has not been discontinued and continues to be investigated by the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia.

Prigozhin, along with his mercenaries, captured part of the military facilities in Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh on the night of June 24. Despite the information about the case against him, he stated that he was not going to appear with a guilty at the request of Putin, the FSB or “someone else”.

However, the press service of Alexander Lukashenko on June 24 stated that the founder of the Wagner PMC agreed to stop the column after negotiations with Lukashenko. Prigozhin himself did not say anything about negotiations. Lukashenko personally did not comment on the conversation with the founder of PMC either. On the evening of June 24, a video with Vagner PMCs, leaving Rostov-on-Don, began to appear.