Russians may face uprising as Putin’s butcher calls for martial law in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the infamous Wagnerian mercenary squad and self-proclaimed “butcher” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, once again go out to swing at the Moscow Ministry of Defense, this time warning that there would be a revolution like the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 if the Russian elites did not take the war in Ukraine seriously.

According to a Reuters report on Wednesday, Prigozhin said in an interview published on Telegram that there are already “tens of thousands” of angry Russians who are fed up with seeing their loved ones return in zinc coffins while children of Moscow’s elite are “shaking their heads.” –With.”

“This division could end, as it did in 1917, in a revolution,” he said, referring to the revolution that ended 300 years of Romanov rule, giving rise to the infamous legend of Anastasia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who along with his family was killed in 1918.

Russian funeral

Guard of honor at the coffin with the Russian flag at the funeral of Savely Shashkov, a member of the Russian volunteer detachment “Immortal Stalingrad”, who died during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, at the cemetery in Krasnoslobodsk, Volgograd Region. Region , Russia April 15, 2023 (REUTERS/Kirill Braga)

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“First the soldiers will rise, and then their loved ones,” Prigozhin said, according to a Reuters translation. “There are already tens of thousands of them – relatives of those killed. And there will probably be hundreds of thousands – we can’t avoid that.”

The Wagner chief, who has repeatedly criticized the Russian defense ministry and its handling of the war in Ukraine, slammed reports of what the Kremlin called a “special military operation” as reportedly confusing and contradictory.

He said the Russian leadership screwed up repeatedly during the war, especially in failing to demilitarize Ukraine.

“We are in such a state that we can lose Russia – this is the main problem,” Prigozhin said, adding that more people need to be mobilized and the economy directed to support the war. “We need to introduce martial law.”

Wagner

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private mercenary group Wagner, makes a statement while standing next to Wagner fighters during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Bakhmut, Ukraine, in this still from a video released May 20, 2023. (Concord press office/Scale via REUTERS)

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Prigozhin also pointed to the attack across the border in Belgorod this week as a sign that Ukraine is moving forward and has no plans to cede territory as part of the peace plan. Although Kyiv said that it had nothing to do with the assault that began on Monday.

The mercenary leader also criticized Moscow’s view that Russia will eventually achieve its military goals after the West gets tired of supporting Kyiv and China concludes a peace agreement.

Instead he said Kyiv plans to continue hostilities until it pushes all Russian forces across its borders, including Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014.

“Most likely, this scenario will not be good for Russia, so we need to prepare for a hard war,” Prigozhin said.

The Russians captured Bakhmut.

A Ukrainian soldier gives water to a captured Russian soldier, they say, in a position recently won in an offensive, as Russia continues its advance into Ukraine, near the front-line town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 11, 2023. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Sergey Nuzhnenko via REUTERS)

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Prigozhin also reportedly called for Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to be replaced with Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, although he noted that his frustration was due to his allegiance to Putin and Russia.

“I love my Motherland, I serve Putin, Shoigu should be judged and we will fight,” he said, adding that he did not agree with his nickname “Putin’s cook” and said that “Putin’s butcher” would be more appropriate.