Russian President Vladimir Putin offered on Monday to the mercenaries of the Wagner Group, which had risen against the military leadership over the weekend, to join the country’s regular army or go to Belarus with their leader. Evgeny Prigozhin.
“Today you have the opportunity to continue to serve Russia. Signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense (…) returns to his family and friends. Or those who want can go to Belarus,” he said.
“We knew and we know that the vast majority of the fighters and commanders of the Wagner Group are from the United States. Russian patriots loyal to the people and the state. They showed this with their courage on the battlefield in Ukraine,” said Putin. “They tried to use them from the darkness and incite them against the country and their comrades-in-arms with whom they are fighting for the future,” he added.
Those who organized the rebellion with their betrayal of the country and its people betrayed those who were dragged into crime. They lied to them, pushed them to death‘ he complained.
Putin also stressed that “from the very beginning” he had given “direct instructions”. “Avoid great bloodshed.” “It took time, and those who made mistakes had the option to think twice to realize that their actions were rejected by society and would have tragic, devastating consequences for Russia.”
In any case, Putin stressed “the revolt would be suppressed“The organizers of the revolt knew this despite their vanity. They understood everything, when they said that they had committed crimes, that they were dividing and weakening the country, faced with a tremendous external threat, unprecedented pressure from outside, when they said ‘no backing down’ on the front. while our comrades are dying,” he argued.
The President of Russia thus expressed his gratitude to “the soldiers and commanders of the Wagner Group, who made the only right decision”. “They did not start a bloodshed for the sibling massacre. They stood in the last row‘ he underlined.
The Russian leader alsofratricide“This is what Ukraine and its Western allies wanted. The neo-Nazis from Kiev and their Western patrons and all kinds of national traitors (…) rubbed their hands,” he said.
“They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other, soldiers and civilians to die, so that in the end Russia would lose and our society would be divided and drowned in turmoil.” bloody infighting”argued. “They dreamed of avenging their failures at the front and in the so-called counterattack, but they were wrong in their calculations,” he said.
Putin also mentioned “the bravery and sacrifice of fallen pilot heroes Who saved Russia from devastating consequences”, referring to the pilots of the aircraft shot down by Prigozhin’s forces.
On the other hand, Putin thanked Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko “for his efforts and efforts. contribution to a peaceful solution situation”.
Finally, Putin underlined “the firm, firm position that supports the constitutional order of public and religious organizations, the main political parties and the entire Russian society.” “Everyone united and agreed on the most important point: responsibility for the fate of the homeland“, riveted.
so thank you “resistance, solidarity and patriotism”“This civic solidarity has shown that any blackmail, any attempt to destabilize is doomed to failure.”