Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin.
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive and well at a camp in Belarus with his exiled Wagner troops. 
  • In a new video, Prigozhin criticized Russia's war in Ukraine again, calling it "a disgrace."
  • Prigozhin has repeatedly called out Russian military leadership — and lived to tell the tale.

How does he get away with it?

In a new video posted Wednesday, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin once again criticized Russia's war in Ukraine, calling it "a disgrace." 

"Right now, what is happening on the front is a disgrace that we don't need to get involved with," he said, addressing Russia's defenses against Ukraine's grinding counteroffensive.