Yegveny Prigozhin, boss of Russia's Wagner group says he intends to run for president in 2024 Ukraine polls, saying if he wins, 'shells won't be needed'
Yevgeny Prigozhin says he has got political ambitions and once he becomes Ukraine's president"shells will not be needed".
"I'm making a political coming out. Looking at everything around me, I've got political ambitions. I decided to run for president in 2024. For President of Ukraine," Prigozhin said in a video, posted on Telegram on Saturday. Asked why he complains about poor supplies of ammunition from the Russian defence industry and does not buy it himself, Prigozhin said if he buys everything with his own money, it will be "state management, not business."
He refuted allegations that he is in cahoots with the Ukrainian authorities and "for money and lifting of sanction" will leave the battle zone "at the right moment."
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