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The founder of the Wagner PEC called on The Washington Post journalists to provi...

"Not Secret Information": Prigogine spoke about the "drain of positions" of the Russian Federation of Intelligence of Ukraine

The founder of the Wagner PEC called on The Washington Post journalists to provide him with "the names, passwords and turnouts of" those who allegedly suggested raising the question of his cooperation with GUR. The Russian entrepreneur and founder of the private military company "Wagner" Yevhen Prigogin commented on information about his links with the General Administration of Intelligence of Ukraine. He expressed his thoughts in a comment to The Washington Post.

The journalists asked Prigogine whether he came into direct contact with GUR representatives and whether he suggested that the Ukrainian side inform the place of the Russian Federation in exchange for the removal of the Armed Forces from the Bakhmut zone. In response, the founder of the Wagner PEC stated that the authors of the question were poorly aware of how the war is going on.

The businessman also urged journalists to give him "the names, passwords and turnouts" of those who allegedly suggested that they ask similar issues. "I will tell you the secret that in the modern war, the location of the troops is not a secret information that is visible from satellite images," said Prigogine. At the same time, the entrepreneur avoided answers to the question of who he negotiated with the exchange of prisoners, as well as the number of exchanged "Wagnerists" for Easter.

The journalists wondered that the founder of the Wagner PEC received, if none of his fighters returned from captivity as a result of the negotiations. "Of course, in any war, exchanges occur, and this is not a secret for the parties who are fighting. On Saturday, May 13, The Washington Post published an interview with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, which mentioned the documents of the pentagon that indicated, which indicate the probable cooperation of GUR and Yevgeny Prigogin.

However, a few days later, the publication removed a fragment of a conversation in which journalists asked the Ukrainian leader about the possible contacts of intelligence officers with Yevgeny Prigogin. In response, Zelensky said, "This is an intelligence question. Do you want me to be judged for treason?" The publication of The Washington Post was commented on GUR Andriy Yusov, calling it "throwing.