# Ukraine presidential office chief says he regularly spoke with Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin

https://mins.news/en/item/45622

- Meduza, 2026-09-04 15:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/04/head-of-ukraine-s-presidential-office-kyrylo-budanov-says-he-regularly-spoke-with-wagner-group-founder-yevgeny-prigozhin

> Kyrylo Budanov told The New York Times that he regularly communicated with Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin while working at Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate. Budanov said the contact ended shortly before Wagner’s mutiny and declined to provide details about the negotiations. No official reports had previously disclosed contact between them.

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