Russian Lieutenant Colonel Roman Venevitin admitted in a video released by the Wagner Group that he was drunk and acting out of “personal animosity.”
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group released a video Sunday showing what it claimed to be a captured high-ranking Russian officer who’s been accused of firing on the private army’s vehicle during the battle for Bakhmut.
“How can your actions be characterized?” the interrogator asks. Venevitin replies with a sigh: “Guilty.” When a journalist asked Prigozhin to provide proof of the alleged friendly-fire attack, the Wagner chief released the video of Venevitin’s questioning, which he called “the cherry on the cake.” Prigozhin has been vocal in his criticism of Russia’s top military brass, accusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov inof depriving his forces of ammunition as they were leading the bloody fight to capture Bakhmut.
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