Members of Wagner group prepare to pull out from the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to their base in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023.
Members of Wagner group prepare to pull out from the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to their base in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023.
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin shocked the world when he called on his Wagner Group fighters to invade Russia. 
  • CIA Director Bill Burns said this week that Prigozhin was likely improvising during the armed rebellion.
  • Prigozhin was "making some of this up as he went along," Burns told the Aspen Security Forum.

Just as quickly as the Wagner Group's armed rebellion began, it was over, leaving a trail of confusion in its wake.