The head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner group caused a stir by saying that an end to the war in Ukraine would be an “ideal result.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin made the remark in a blog post published Friday that has only now come to light.
“The ideal option would be to announce the end of the special military operation and declare that Russia has achieved all of its planned goals — and, in some respects, we really have achieved them,” Prigozhin wrote in comments that were picked up by Ukrainian media.
#Ukraine: A Russian T-80BVM tank was destroyed by artillery of the Ukrainian 58th Motorized Brigade in the area of Shypylivka, #Luhansk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/9NSpdyzA8v
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 15, 2023
