Yevgeny Prigozhin said the embattled Russian Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine might be the target.
The head of the Wagner mercenary group admitted that he is “afraid” Vladimir Putin may deploy nuclear weapons in a Russian border region that has been repeatedly raided by pro-Ukrainian rebels.the notoriously outspoken paramilitary leader aired his concerns about the chilling prospect of the Kremlin using of tactical nuclear weapons on Russian soil.
Pro-Kyiv partisan groups of Russians who have been fighting alongside Ukrainian armed forces have launched a series of raids over the border into Belgorod that have infuriated Moscow. “Isn’t it why we [Russians] are retreating in the Belgorod region, allowing Ukrainian forces to advance?” Prigozhin wondered. “Because throwing [a nuclear bomb] at a foreign territory is scary, but we can throw one at our own, show everyone that we are mentally ill knockouts.”
But the Wagner chief, who has gained notoriety for launching scathing attacks at Russia’s top military leaders over their handling of the war, darkly joked that the nuclear attack might fail.
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