Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin has released the first audio statement since an aborted armed rebellion he staged on Saturday, defending the move as a reaction to an attack on his force that killed some 30 of his fighters. Prigozhin said the attack was to right an “injustice” in the 11-minute audio released Monday. He didn’t offer any details as to where he was or what his future plans are. Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since the uprising demanded his ouster, in a video aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country’s most serious political crisis in decades.
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