Yevgeny Prigozhin denied the accusations, calling the leak “laughable” while blaming the attack on “people from Rublyovka”—a wealthy Moscow suburb where many of the country’s political and business elite live.
The documents do not specify which Russian army positions were on the table in Prigozhin’s proposal, and Ukrainian officials reportedly decided against taking the mercenary boss up on his offer, citing a lack of trust that he would hold up his end of the bargain.
“Reading this is of course nice. It means I am not only fighting for Russia but Zelensky is also fulfilling my orders,” Prigozhin said in an audio message on Telegram, according to the English-languageThe Kremlin also weighed in on the leak, saying simply that it “looks fake” during a press briefing Monday morning.
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