We are moving forward and will go until the end. All of us are ready to die. All 25,000, and then another 25,000. We are dying for the Russian people.

Said when launching a convoy against Moscow and taking control over Rostov on Don and Voronezh, quoted in "What did Vladimir Putin say? Russian leader calls Wagner Group move a ‘betrayal’ in new speech", London World, 24 June 2023