The president was deeply mistaken regarding the betrayal of the motherland. This was stated by the head of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin.

“We are patriots of our Motherland, we fought and are fighting, we are all the fighters of PMC Wagner. And no one is going to turn themselves in at the request of the president, the FSB or anyone else, because we do not want the country to live on in corruption, in deceit and bureaucracy.

When we fought in Africa, we were told that we needed Africa, and after that they abandoned it, because they stole all the money that was supposed to go there for help. When we were told that we were at war with Ukraine, we went and fought.

But it turned out that ammunition, weapons, all the money that was put on them, are also stolen, and the bureaucrats sit and save them for themselves, just for the case that happened today - when someone comes for Moscow.

Now they are not sparing anything, with airplanes and helicopters they hit the columns where the civilians are walking, they hit anywhere. We are patriots, and those who oppose us today are those who have joined the lowlifes,” he said.

On June 23, statements appeared on the Telegram channel of the PMC Wagner that an air attack had been carried out on the PMC. The blame was placed on the Russian military leadership. Wagner Head Yevgeny Prigozhin promised to "restore justice." The Russian Defense Ministry denied the attack allegations, and the Federal Security Service opened a criminal case against the Prigozhin on charges of inciting an armed rebellion.