Photo of a letter in English and Russian addressed to the White House, January 21 published Prigozhin’s press service on Telegram.
“Dear Mr. Kirby, I have a question for you: can you name what crime PMC Wagner committed,” the letter says.
The day before, January 20, Kirby announced that the US Treasury Department next week will introduce new sanctions against Wagner PMC and its global allies.
“These actions recognize the transcontinental threat posed by Wagnerincluding in connection with her ongoing serious criminal activities,” he said.
According to Kirby, about 50,000 Wagner PMC militants are currently deployed in Ukraine, including 10,000 contract soldiers and 40,000 convicts.
February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
After the start of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Prigozhin personally engaged in the recruitment of prisonersserving sentences in Russian prisons to participate in hostilities on the side of the Russian army. Prigozhin has repeatedly publicly criticized the Russian army and generals. “Many of those who are so-called personnel [военными]have learned nothing but how to click their heels, wear tsatski and write beautiful reports, “- he said in October.
According to Reuters on January 6, the PMC included about 50 thousand mercenariesof which more than 1 thousand were killed near Bakhmut Donetsk region from the end of November to the beginning of December 2022. The total losses of the Wagnerites were, according to the report, 4,100 killed and 10,000 wounded.
