Wagner leader Evgeny Prigojin, released a video message for the first time since the internal rebellion he started, accusing the Russian army of attacking the Wagner camps. Wagner said on his social media post that he was in Africa with his soldiers and that they were carrying out exploration and scanning activities for the sake of justice and happiness, to grow Russia on all continents, in Africa. “We are turning the lives of Daesh, al-Qaeda and other bandits into a nightmare for the people of Africa,” he added.

It is not yet known in which African country Prigojin is located.