Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation: Kyiv took advantage of Prigozhin’s provocation and is preparing for offensive

Kyiv used the provocation of the founder of the PMC “Wagner” Evgeny Prigozhin and focuses on the Bakhmut tactical direction of the unit for the offensive.

This was curled on Saturday to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

“using Prigozhin’s provocation on the disorganization of the situation, the Kiev regime on the Bakhmut tactical direction concentrates on the initial lines for offensive actions of the 35th Marine Corps and the 36th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces,” the department said.

As specified in the ministry, the military personnel of the southern group of troops defeated the enemy with air and artillery blows.

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the founder of the Wagner PMC Evgenia Prigozhin under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of organizing an armed rebellion, legalized and reasonably.

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation will give proper legal assessment of its actions, according to Saturday in the telegram channel of the department.

“The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia on June 23, 2023, a criminal case was legally and reasonably instituted against Prigozhin E.V. under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the organization of an armed rebellion. Its actions will be given a proper legal assessment,” the said in message.

It is noted that the crime provides for a punishment of imprisonment for a period of 12 to 20 years.

The statements and actions of the founder of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin are actually calls for the beginning of the armed civil conflict, the FSB of Russia said on Saturday at the Center for Public Relations of the FSB.

“The statements and actions of Prigozhin are actually calls for the beginning of the armed civil conflict in the Russian Federation and are a blow to the back of the Russian military, fighting with profaneous Ukrainian forces,” they said there.

The department also noted that the common statements about the strikes of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wagner PMCs are not true and are a provocation.

“All information distributed on behalf of Prigozhin on the allegedly inflicted Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of missile and bombing on the rear parts of the PMC” Wagner “does not correspond to reality and is an information provocation,” the FSB center said at the Center for Public Relations of the FSB.

In addition, PMC fighters called not to fulfill Prigozhin’s orders and take measures to detain it.

“We urge the PMC fighters not to make irreparable mistakes, to stop any forceful actions against the Russian people, not to carry out criminal and treacherous orders Prigozhin, to take measures to detain it,” the FSB Central Union FSB said.