2023-05-12 13:04:00
The leader of the Russian paramilitary group says the defenses are “collapsed” near the Ukrainian city, while kyiv claims a breakthrough there.
The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigojine accuses Russian regular troops on Friday of “fleeing” their positions near Bakhmout in Ukraine, where Kiev has claimed a breakthrough, believing that the defenses are “collapsed” and that the state- Russian major “waters down” the situation.
“There was quite simply an escape from the units of the Ministry of Defense on the flanks” in Bakhmout, affirmed Evguéni Prigojine in a video published this Friday.
According to him, Ukrainian forces regained control of a tank north of this city at the epicenter of the fighting in eastern Ukraine and took up positions on tactical heights overlooking it.
He also claimed that soldiers from kyiv had recovered the road to Chassiv Iar, further west, which had been blocked by the Russian military for several weeks.
Wagner chief accuses Russian military of ‘watering down’ the situation
“Attempts by the Ministry of Defense in the information field to water down the situation are leading and will lead to a global tragedy for Russia,” said Yevgeny Prigojine.
“We must immediately stop lying,” he said.
“The capture of Bakhmout will not bring anything to Russia because the flanks are crumbling and the front is collapsing”, he was still alarmed, considering that other advances of the A Ukrainian army in this direction would, on the other hand, allow Kiev to encircle Wagner’s men in Bakhmout, currently more than 90% in Russian hands.
Moscow says it repelled offensives, kyiv claims advances
This exit comes as the Russian army said on Friday that it had repelled 26 Ukrainian attacks on a 95-kilometer long front in the Soledar sector in eastern Ukraine, near Bakhmout.
“All attacks by Ukrainian units have been repelled. No breakthrough of the defense of Russian forces has been allowed,” assured the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine, for its part, assured that it had advanced two kilometers around Bakhmout, while kyiv said it had been preparing a counter-offensive for several months.
Wagner’s boss has spoken out in recent days, repeatedly accusing the Russian regular army of retreating to Bakhmout. The Russian Ministry of Defense was content to mention this Friday a redeployment of units north of Bakhmout, to “strengthen the sustainability of the defense”.
The city of Bakhmout, where most of the fighting now takes place, has become a symbol of the stalemate in the conflict.
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