The man in charge of Russia's notorious Wagner Group private mercenary army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has warned that Russia could face a “revolution” and lose its war in Ukraine unless the country's “elites” fully commit to the fight and put the country “into North Korea mode,” with martial law imposed, to achieve results on the front lines.
In a lengthy video interview with a pro-war, pro-Kremlin blogger, Prigozhin lashed out against Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his daughter Ksenia, a sports executive whose New Year wartime vacation in Dubai drew ire from the Russian public.
Russia at risk of a pitchfork “revolution”
“The children of elites… allow themselves to lead a public, fat, carefree life,” Prigozhin fumed, “while the children of others arrive back shredded to pieces in zinc coffins.”