" Putin’s chef " Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Donbas to personally coordinate the mercenaries of PMC Wagner. So far, their mission has failed, writes the telegram channel "We can explain" (former telegram channel "Open Media. Exclusive" of one of the projects of Russian opposition politician Mikhail Khodorkovsky. - Ed.).
" Yevgeny Prigozhin coordinates the actions of the part of mercenaries of the" Wagner Group ". He went to the combat zone on behalf of the Kremlin, and he is expected that the "wagnerians" will capture someone from the leadership of Ukraine, said an interlocutor close to the PMC,"- the statement said.
Prigozhin's photo was published in the network “VKontakte” by a deputy of the party United Russia, Vitaliy Milonov. Probably, the photo was taken in the Donetsk region - on the territory that could be occupied by the troops of Russia and the self-proclaimed republics.
“The mission of PMC Wagner in Ukraine has so far failed. As we have written, some of its mercenaries received radiation in the Chernobyl area during the occupation of a part of the Kyiv region. The PMC is not gaining the best strength now, and the prices are much lower than for the campaign in Syria and work in Africa", - writes "We can explain".
As previously reported, the “wagnerians” tried in vain to kill President Zelensky.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, formerly known as Vladimir Putin's personal chef in the media, has been in the restaurant business since 1996. According to the media, he may be involved in the testing of war poisons.
According to Bloomberg, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with the help of his mercenaries, offered security and election campaigns services in 10 African countries: DR Congo, Sudan, Libya, Madagascar, Angola, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the CAR.
In February 2018, the Grand Jury of the Columbia District Federal Court officially accused the Internet Research Agency of Prigozhin of interference in the presidential election in the USA in 2016.
In October 2020, the European Union imposed sanctions on "Putin’s chef" Prigozhin.
In February 2021, the FBI declared him wanted.