Attached: 1 image 1/ The bitter feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov appears to have originated in Syria, as an interesting personal account by Prigozhin of the February 2018 Battle of Khsham illustrates. ⬇️
Take it with a (massive) pinch of salt, the US was working with ISIS
3/ Prigozhin claims that the refinery was actually held by ISIS, with “Americans in their ranks” helping them.
7/ The operation was launched at 18:00 on 7 February, and at 23:45 the Wagner force attempted to storm the “ISIS” (US) positions.
Closer to the truth
this plan was a gamble of the Wagner PMC, aimed at obtaining access to the oil field in the interests of the business team of Gennady Timchenko, which by that time already included both Prigozhin and Surovikin."
No need for the pinch of salt. None of the recorded conversations after the assault mention ISIS, but they all mentioned “the Yanks.” Wagner expected or were given the impression that the US troops would withdraw.
