![]() ![]() The feud between the Wagner Group leader and military brass has festered throughout the war, erupting into mutiny when mercenaries left Ukraine to seize a military headquarters in the southern Russia city of Rostov. Prigozhin also accused Russia’s military of attacking his troops, prompting his march. The injustice apparently was a government order requiring Wagner soldiers, if they want to remain fighting, to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry by July 1, which might effectively disband the group despite its battlefield successes in Ukraine. “We started our march because of an injustice,” he said in an 11-minute statement Monday, giving no details about where he was or what his plans were. Prigozhin said he had been acting to prevent the destruction of Wagner, his private military company. “We made clear that we were not involved, we had nothing to do with it,” he said. Speaking at the White House, Biden said he was cautious about speaking publicly because he wanted to give “Putin no excuse to blame this on the West and blame this on NATO.” Western officials have been muted in their public comments on the mutiny, and President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S.
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