The Kremlin on Monday denied tensions between the Russian army and the Wagner mercenary force, following competing claims of battlefield wins in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that the conflict had been invented by journalists and military bloggers.
“It is mainly the product of information manipulation,” Peskov told reporters.
“They are all fighting for their motherland,” Peskov said, referring to the army and Wagner, which was founded by Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russia “must know and knows its heroes”, he added.
“It knows both the heroes who are serving in our armed forces… and the heroes from the Wagner PMC (private military company).” — AFP
