The leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, which has launched an armed uprising against the Russian general staff, said Saturday night his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter.
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“At that moment, a helicopter opened fire on a civilian column, which was shot down by Wagner’s units,” Yevgeny Prigoyine said in a new audio message, without specifying the location of the incident.
AFP could not confirm the veracity of these comments.
Earlier, in another audio message, Mr. Prigozhin stated that Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov gave the order to bombard Wagner’s units even though they were traveling between civilian vehicles.