Prigozhin accused Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a rocket strike against Wagner’s war camp in Ukraine, killing 2,000 of his soldiers in a number of video and audio recordings Friday.
Prigozhin confirmed in January that he is the founder, leader and financier of Wagner.Wagner saw its first action in the separatist conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine in 2014
Wagner has been accused of human rights abuses throughout Africa, including in the Central African Republic, Libya and Mali by Western countries and United Nations experts. Prigozhin toured Russian prisons to recruit Wagner fighters — offering to pardon their crimes if they served a half-month tour on the Ukrainian front lines.
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