Russian protection chief credit troops’ loyalty for failed Wagner Group mutiny

A quick riot led by the founding father of the Wagner Group mercenary military did not oust Russia’s senior army leaders as a result of troops remained loyal to their commanders, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated Monday in his first recognized public remarks in regards to the aborted rebellion.

He stated the June 23-25 mutiny was nothing lower than an try and destabilize Russia.

“The provocation did not affect the actions of the troops. The servicemen courageously and selflessly continued to solve the tasks assigned to them,” Gen. Shoigu stated in an deal with to high Russian army officers.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the previous caterer turned army commander, often blamed Mr. Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff, for not supporting the Wagner Group and in search of to fold his group into the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On June 23, Mr. Prigozhin claimed Russian army forces attacked his base camps — a cost Moscow vehemently denied.

Mr. Prigozhin despatched his Wagner Group forces again into Russia, shortly capturing town of Rostov-on-Don. 

The insurgent troops received inside about 120 miles of Moscow after which out of the blue stopped, apparently on account of negotiations by Aleksandr Lukashenko, president of Belarus.

Mr. Prigozhin, who was allowed to stay in Belarus as a part of the deal, stated he determined to finish the advance to keep away from “shedding Russian blood.”