Yevgeny Prigozhin says he did not want to overthrow Putin with armed mutiny in Russia – audio

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has said that he wasn't aiming to oust the Russian authorities by marching towards Moscow and acted to protect his Wagner Group from being disbanded.
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Prigozhin spoke, via audio message, for the first time since an aborted armed rebellion he staged on Saturday, defending the move as a reaction to an attack on his force that killed some of his fighters.

'We started our march because of an injustice,' Prigozhin said in an 11-minute audio statement. He didn't offer any details as to where he was at the moment or what his future plans were.

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