Wagner chief says his 25,000-strong force 'ready to die'
Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin meets with Russia's Deputy Minister of Defense Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, at the headquarters of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in this screen grab from a video released on June 24, 2023. Video Obtained by REUTERS.
The chief of mercenary group Wagner said on Saturday that his 25,000-strong force was "ready to die" as he vowed to topple Russia's military leadership.
"All of us are ready to die. All 25,000, and then another 25,000," Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a new audio message. "We are dying for the Russian people."
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