Wagner fighter on mutiny against Vladimir Putin: ‘Agreed to leave each other alone, but…’

 

Much like the Russian troops, the Wagner junior commander and his troop had no idea about the operation they were part of.Membes of the Wagner Group military company sit atop of a tank on a street in Rostov-on-Don. (AP)

Wagner mercenaries crossed the border and entered Russia without any resistance during the armed mutiny, and if any, they were saluted instead by the traffic police on the way, a junior commander of the mercenary group said, as quoted by BBC. He further said the fighters were asked to leave Ukraine, as commanded by boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, unaware of where they are heading.

Much like how the Russian troops were ordered to march towards Ukraine as a part of ‘routine exercise’, only to realise later that they are at war with their neighbouring country, the junior Wagner commander, like any other fighters, had no clue about the operation he was a part of.

"We learned what was happening from Telegram, just like you did," he told the English broadcaster.

To give an overview of how clueless the operation was, the junior commander said his troop was asked to surround the Federal Security Service's (FSB) office building after they entered southern Russia's important military city of Rostov-on-Don. Following order, they captured the building, searched for possible sign of life. Half-an-hour later, when two people came out of the office, the fighters were asked to ‘make a deal’. “What's there to make a deal about? This is our city,” the commander said to have responded. "So we just agreed that we would leave each other alone. They came out to smoke from time to time," he added.

Much like how the Russian troops were ordered to march towards Ukraine as a part of ‘routine exercise’, only to realise later that they are at war with their neighbouring country, the junior Wagner commander, like any other fighters, had no clue about the operation he was a part of.

"We learned what was happening from Telegram, just like you did," he told the English broadcaster.

To give an overview of how clueless the operation was, the junior commander said his troop was asked to surround the Federal Security Service's (FSB) office building after they entered southern Russia's important military city of Rostov-on-Don. Following order, they captured the building, searched for possible sign of life. Half-an-hour later, when two people came out of the office, the fighters were asked to ‘make a deal’. “What's there to make a deal about? This is our city,” the commander said to have responded. "So we just agreed that we would leave each other alone. They came out to smoke from time to time," he added.