MOSCOW, June 24 - Yevgeny Prikoshin, the leader of a Russian mercenary group who served for Russia at the forefront of the war in Ukraine. And now turn to the call to dismiss the leadership of the Russian army. It is a long-standing alliance of Russian leaders.
Prikochin, 62, is the leader of the Wagner group, which sends mercenaries to fight in the Middle East and Africa. Since President Vladimir Putin has yet to order an invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he has consistently denied being involved. Until admitting in September 2022 that he had formed a group of mercenaries. by opening a head office in St. Petersburg And began persuading many inmates to become warriors on foot to fight in Ukraine in exchange for amnesty. His troops were able to capture several important cities in Ukraine. Including the city of Baghmut, where the bloodiest and longest fighting took place at the end of May, while he criticized the Russian defense ministry for mismanagement and lying. The latest was quoted on Friday as saying The Pentagon fired missiles at his base. and announced today that His troops had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia. ready to destroy everything in its path by confirming that it was not a coup
Mr. Prikoshin is a native of Leningrad. or the city of St. Petersburg today Same birthplace as President Putin The former hot dog dealer spent nine years in prison in the former Soviet Union. because he was convicted of theft, embezzlement and participating in a riot Later, he turned to the restaurant business and opened a luxury restaurant in the city of St. Peter. with Putin as one of its key clients then entered local politics Someone claimed that he was a billionaire who got rich from government concessions. He was punished by the United States government. By accusing him of setting up a keyboard troll group to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election, he denied and demanded $50 billion in damages from the United States (approximately 1.76 trillion baht).-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency