Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin-connected businessman who controls the Wagner mercenary group that is playing a leading role in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, has said that a long conflict in Ukraine could lead to the dissolution of Russia. In a statement published on Telegram on April 15, Prigozhin urged Moscow to declare its goals in Ukraine as "achieved" and bring an end to the fighting there. Prigozhin wrote that "many of those who yesterday supported the special operation today either have doubts or are categorically opposed to what is happening." To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.
Wagner Group Head Urges Moscow To Wind Down War In Ukraine
Yevgeny Prigozhin stands at a cemetery for fallen Wagner mercenaries in the settlement of Goryachiy Klyuch in the southern Russian Krasnodar region in early April.