Wagner Group
In the record: 5 statements, 4 checkable claims, the acting party in 11 events, the target in 3 events.
- Kind
- Armed group
- Country
- Russia
- Reference
- Wikidata Q21946584
Track record
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Claims it made (4)
What it said (5)
Said: 5 statements, not counted as events
06/26Wagner Group: Prigozhin said the march aimed to prevent the destruction of Wagner and hold those responsible for mistakes to account, not to overthrow the government, and that no soldier on the ground was killed during it.
06/23Wagner Group: Prigozhin said the defence ministry had deceived the public and the president, rejecting the claim that Ukraine planned to attack Russian-held eastern Ukraine in February 2022, and said a strike ordered by Shoigu killed about 2,000 Wagner fighters.
05/20Wagner Group: Announcing the capture of Bakhmut, Prigozhin blamed Defence Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov for heavy losses and said five times more men died than should have.
03/06Wagner Group: Prigozhin said he had written about the urgent need for ammunition at Bakhmut, that his representative's pass to the operational headquarters had been cancelled, and accused the defence ministry of withholding shells.
12/22Wagner Group: Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin dismissed a US statement that North Korea had delivered rockets and missiles paid for by Wagner as gossip and speculation; North Korea's foreign ministry called the report false.