Clear? German Chancellor Scholz: "The Wagner incident caught us off guard." Wagner | United States | Incident
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Berlin, June 29, German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz admitted that the Wagner incident caught the German Federal Intelligence Agency off guard.
According to the report, Scholz made the above remarks on German television on the evening of the 28th. He said, "Of course, they didn't know about this beforehand... but they kept reporting on the observed situation."
▲ German Chancellor Scholz
According to the Washington Post, intelligence obtained by the United States in mid June showed that the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigoren, was planning armed action against Russian military leaders. The newspaper reported that the White House, Pentagon, and State Department were informed of Prigorn's plan, but the specific nature, timing, and implementation of the plan are not clear.
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The New York Times reported that US intelligence officials reported to senior military and government officials on the 21st that Prigoren is preparing to take military action against Russian Defense Department leaders. The information obtained by the newspaper shows that the United States is aware of the upcoming events in Russia. The Kremlin refutes the New York Times report as "speculation".
According to the report, Scholz said that if US intelligence agencies have received a warning about the Wagner incident in advance but have not transmitted the warning, then the information flow between NATO allies needs to be reassessed.
He said, "This is a question that we need to discuss together, including what state of things we are currently speculating about."