Paris had been intently monitoring the PMC attributable to its “anti-French” actions in Africa, the outlet claims
French safety officers knew prematurely about Wagner personal army firm (PMC) chief Evgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny plans, the l’Opinion newspaper claimed on Wednesday.
In response to the outlet, the Basic Directorate of Exterior Safety of France (DGSE) has lengthy monitored the actions of the Russian PMC due to its allegedly “anti-French” actions in Africa, together with within the Central African Republic and Mali, which is why they have been conscious of Prigozhin’s plans earlier than mid-June.
The l’Opinion’s sources additionally stated that France had found Prigozhin’s plan to stage an rebellion even earlier than it was identified to the CIA, which additionally claims to have been conscious of the transfer prematurely. CIA Director William Burns beforehand said that Prigozhin’s actions “didn’t come as a shock” to Washington.
The Wagner mutiny started on June 23, when Prigozhin accused the Russian army of launching a lethal missile strike on one of many group’s subject camps. The Russian Protection Ministry denied the allegation, however Prigozhin vowed to march to Moscow and demand “justice.” The rebellion was finally halted after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko introduced {that a} deal had been reached with the PMC after consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The group, together with Prigozhin, has since relocated to Belarus, the place it has begun offering coaching to Belarusian troops and sharing its battlefield expertise gained from the Ukraine battle.
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