'We shouldn't play into the enemy's hand in this difficult time for the country,' Russian General Sergei Surovikin said.
that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu would"not get away with" merely resigning his position. Around the same time, Russian military leaders who had previously expressed support for Prigozhin issued urgent pleas for Wagner mercenaries to ignore the call for war and pledge their allegiance to Putin instead.
Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin attends Russian-Turkish talks on August 9, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Wagner Group leader's former allies are attempting to discourage Prigozhin's mercenaries from heeding his call for a"war" against Russian troops.
"I appeal to the leadership, commanders and fighters of PMC Wagner: Together with you, we walked a difficult path," Surovikin said,to WarTranslated."Together with you, we fought, we took risks, we took losses, but overcome together. We are of the same blood. We are warriors." "I call on you to stop," he continued."The enemy is waiting for our internal political situation to aggravate. We shouldn't play into the enemy's hand in this difficult time for the country. It needs to be done before it's too late: to obey the will and order of the people-elected president of the Russian Federation.
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