{"id":1977244,"date":"2023-07-19T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exiled-russian-mercenary-boss-says-his-men-will-fight-in-africa-not-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:47:14","slug":"exiled-russian-mercenary-boss-says-his-men-will-fight-in-africa-not-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exiled-russian-mercenary-boss-says-his-men-will-fight-in-africa-not-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Mercenary Leader Vows to Deploy Troops in Africa, Not Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexiled-russian-mercenary-boss-says-his-men-will-fight-in-africa-not-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n \u2064 \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Russia&#8217;s Mercenary Chief Welcomes \u2062Fighters \u2063to Belarus, \u2063Sets Sights \u200con\u2062 Africa<\/h2>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2064    <\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s mutinous mercenary chief\u2064 Yevgeny Prigozhin \u200dwas shown in a video on Wednesday welcoming his fighters to\u2062 Belarus, telling them \u200bthey would \u200dtake \u200cno further \u200bpart \u200cin \u2064the\u2062 Ukraine war for now \u2063but ordering \u2062them \u2063to \u200cgather\u200c their strength for Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<div>\n \u2063 \u2062  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<h3>Challenging Putin&#8217;s\u2064 Rule<\/h3>\n<p> \u200b \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Wagner&#8217;s \u2062failed June \u206323-24 mutiny \u200chas been \u200cinterpreted by \u2063the West\u2062 as \u2063a challenge to\u2062 President Vladimir\u200d Putin&#8217;s \u2062rule that illustrates the \u2064weakness of\u200b the\u2063 70-year-old \u2064Kremlin chief\u200b and\u2062 the \u2063strain of the Ukraine war \u200con the\u200c Russian\u200d state.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 footage, reposted by\u2064 his press service on Telegram, \u200bis the first \u2064video evidence of Prigozhin&#8217;s whereabouts \u200csince\u200c the night of the mutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the authenticity \u2062of which \u200dReuters \u2064could not immediately\u2063 verify,\u2062 a man whose voice and\u2062 Russian sounded like Prigozhin&#8217;s is \u2063heard welcoming\u2063 his men. \u2063The video was\u200c reposted \u200cby his\u200b press \u2064service\u2062 on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u2063<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome \u200dlads&#8230; Welcome to Belarusian\u2064 soil,&#8221; \u200dPrigozhin \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/personal-biden-friend-sen-lindsey-graham-wants-potus-impeached-warns-of-9-11-style-threat\/\" title=\"Personal Biden Friend Sen. Lindsey Graham Wants POTUS Impeached, Warns Of 9\/11-Style Threat\">fought honorably<\/a>,&#8221; said Prigozhin. \u200b&#8221;You\u2063 have done a great deal for \u2062Russia. What\u2064 is going\u2063 on at the front is a disgrace that we\u200b do\u2063 not\u200c need\u200c to get\u2063 involved \u2064in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Putin initially \u200bsaid he \u2064would crush the mutiny,\u2063 comparing\u200d it to the wartime turmoil \u200cthat ushered \u200bin the \u200crevolutions of \u200d1917, but\u200c hours later \u2064a deal \u200bwas \u2064clinched to allow\u2064 Prigozhin and some of his fighters to go to \u200dBelarus.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Since \u200bPrigozhin \u2063was last\u2064 seen leaving the Russian city of Rostov\u200d on\u200c June\u2062 24, mystery \u2063has surrounded \u200bhis \u200cfate after \u2064he \u2062was cast as a \u2064traitor\u2064 by \u2063Putin.\u200b It is also unclear what \u200dWagner, which\u200b Prigozhin \u200bsaid\u2062 had\u200c 25,000 \u200dmen, would\u2063 do\u200c next.<\/p>\n<p>The video was\u200d shot \u200bafter \u200dnight had \u200cfallen, though it\u200d was \u2062possible to discern \u2064what looked like Prigozhin&#8217;s \u200dprofile and \u200ca group \u2064of\u2063 men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;WELCOME TO HELL&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Since a deal \u2064was struck\u2062 to \u200dend the mutiny, the Kremlin\u2062 has sought\u2062 to \u2062project\u2064 calm, with \u200cPutin chairing\u200b a variety \u2063of\u2064 meetings,\u2062 meeting crowds in Dagestan and \u200beven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exiled-russian-mercenary-boss-says-his-men-will-fight-in-africa-not-ukraine\/\" title=\"Russian Mercenary Leader Vows to Deploy Troops in Africa, Not Ukraine.\">discussing quantum computing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials dismiss Western\u200d interpretations of\u200b the mutiny and say the West should not \u200dconcern \u2062itself \u2064with such &#8220;scrapes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>The\u200d video posted\u2063 on\u2064 Wednesday\u2063 showed Prigozhin receiving \u2063a\u200b Wagner black\u2064 flag, \u2064decorated\u200d with \u2063the motto\u2062 &#8220;Blood, \u2062honour, Motherland,\u200b Courage&#8221;, from their camp\u200d in southern Russia.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Belarus said last \u200bweek that Wagner\u200c fighters \u200cwere instructing\u2064 its\u2062 soldiers at\u200c a military range southeast \u200bof Minsk.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin says\u200c in the video that his \u200bmen should behave well\u200c towards the locals \u200dand\u200b orders them to \u200dtrain \u200bthe Belarusian \u2062army \u200band \u200dgather their strength for \u200da \u200d&#8221;new \u200djourney to\u200d Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And perhaps we will \u2064return\u200d to the SMO (special military \u200doperation in \u2064Ukraine) at some\u2062 point, when \u2062we \u2064are\u2064 sure\u200d that we \u2064will not be forced\u200d to\u2062 shame \u200bourselves,&#8221; Prigozhin said.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner was founded by Prigozhin and Dmitry\u200c Utkin,\u200c a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decorated-vietnam-war-veteran-appeals-to-biden-for-medal-of-honor\/\" title=\"Decorated Vietnam War Veteran Appeals to Biden for Medal of Honor\">special forces officer<\/a> \u2062in Russia&#8217;s GRU military intelligence, as\u200c a way for Russia\u200d to \u200cget\u200d involved in \u200dwars in countries \u200dincluding Syria, \u200dLibya \u2064and Mali with\u2062 full deniability.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Wagner helped\u2064 Russia annex Crimea\u2063 in\u200c 2014, fought Islamic \u200dState militants in Syria, operated\u200b in the Central African \u200dRepublic and Mali and\u2064 took the Ukrainian\u2063 city of\u2062 Bakhmut \u200dfor Russia\u2064 earlier \u2062this year with considerable losses on both \u2064sides.<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin had \u2064said his\u2064 mutiny was not \u200daimed at\u200c toppling\u2063 Putin but at \u2064settling \u2062scores with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief\u200d of the General Staff\u200c Valery Gerasimov.<\/p>\n<p>After Prigozhin&#8217;s \u2064speech,\u2063 a man identified\u2064 as\u2063 Utkin, then spoke to \u200bthe\u200d men.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not\u2063 the end.\u200d This is \u2062just the beginning\u200c of the biggest work\u200d in the \u200bworld that\u200c will be carried\u2062 out \u2064very soon,&#8221; Utkin said in Russian.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<div>\n  \u200d  \u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    \u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u200d \u200c <\/p>\n<p>He\u2063 then switched to English:\u2062 &#8220;<strong>And welcome to hell!<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Guy\u200b Faulconbridge Editing by Andrew Osborn and Jon\u2064 Boyle)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s rebel leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, appeared in a video, welcoming his mercenaries to Belarus. He declared a temporary halt to their involvement in the Ukraine conflict but urged them to prepare for Africa. The West sees Wagner&#8217;s unsuccessful mutiny on June 23-24 as a direct challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1977245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}