Prigogine enhances the influence due to Putin's despair against the background of failures in Ukraine - the State Department

The Ned Price representative called the disgusting practice of using ZEKs on the forefront and assured that the prisoners would not correct the situation at the front. The Kremlin was in a desperate situation due to a number of military failures in Ukraine, against which the level of influence of the owner of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigogine, increases. This was announced during a briefing that took place on January 9, the official representative of the US Department of State Ned Price.

In particular, one of the journalists asked to comment on the strengthening of the influence of the owner of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigogine, who is part of the Kremlin's head. According to Price, the transformation of Putin's "cook" and mercenaries that belonged to him into an alternative center of force in the Russian army shows that Moscow was in a desperate situation due to a number of military failures in Ukraine.

"The growth of the influence of Prigogine indicates that Russians are increasingly resorting to radical methods for the use of force in Ukraine. Now tens of thousands of soldiers are not related to the Russian military, but with the Wagner group. And if you look at the biography of many of these fighters - These are not highly skilled fighters, but convicted, "the State Department representative continued.

Ned Price called a disgusting practice when Zeks convicted of serious crimes are fighting in a foreign country in exchange for pardon. The diplomat also believes that the large -scale recruitment and involvement of prisoners in the ranks of the Wagner group will not correct the situation in the forefront.

During the briefing, the State Department's representative touched on the issue of military cooperation between Russia and Iran, whose weapons are used for the task of strikes in Ukrainian cities. Ned Price warned that the United States could hold official Tehran accountable for war crimes in Ukraine. A few days earlier, the Presidential Office of Ukraine commented on the "rapid" career of the owner of "Wagner group" by Yevgeny Prigogine.