Belarusian President Lukashenko Says Putin Wanted To 'Wipe Out' Prigozhin During Mutiny Attempt

 

Washington Post: Lukashenko claims he persuaded Putin not to kill Wagner boss Prigozhin 

RIGA, Latvia — When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tried to convince Yevgeniy Prigozhin to call off his rebellion against Moscow, the mercenary boss was “half-crazed,” Lukashenko said, pouring out obscenities for half an hour — and unaware, perhaps, that his life was at risk. 

The swearing in their phone conversation Saturday “was 10 times more than normal,” Lukashenko said in remarkably frank comments during a meeting Tuesday with his generals. 

He claimed to have stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from making a “harsh decision” — a suggestion that Putin planned to kill the Wagner Group chief. 

Lukashenko’s comments were published by Belarusian state media. Prigozhin said he wanted to speak to Putin, Lukashenko said, and demanded that frequent targets of his ire — Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff — be handed over to him. That wasn’t going to happen, Lukashenko said.  

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WNU Editor: I am sure there was a moment when Russian President Putin wanted to wipe out Prigozhin. But his better angels took over to pursue an alternative option. 

Belarusian President Lukashenko Says Putin Wanted To 'Wipe Out' Prigozhin During Mutiny Attempt  

Lukashenko says Putin wanted to 'wipe out' Prigozhin during mutiny attempt -- Reuters 

Lukashenko claims he persuaded Putin not to kill Wagner boss Prigozhin -- Washington Post 

Lukashenko claims he stopped Putin from ‘destroying’ Wagner group -- CNN  

‘They will squash you like a bug’: Lukashenko claims credit for stopping Russian rebels -- NBC