During pryhozhyn’s mutiny, the wagnerites intended to capture the nuclear weapons, deployed on ‘Voronezh-45’ nuclear base.

This was said by Major General Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in an interview with Reuters.

According to the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, wagner fighters went far further inside russia. About 100 kilometers from the nuclear base, Voronezh-45, the surveillance trail goes cold. Kyrylo Budanov noted that they reached the nuclear base and that their intention was to acquire small Soviet-era nuclear devices in order to "raise the stakes" in their mutiny.

“Because if you are prepared to fight until the last man standing, this is one of the facilities that significantly raises the stakes,” Kyrylo Budanov said.

The only barrier between the wagner fighters and nuclear weapons, according to Budanov, were the doors to the nuclear storage facility.

“The doors of the storage were closed and they didn’t get into the technical section,” Major General Kyrylo Budanov told