2023-05-12 13:06:00
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.
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Mr. Prigozhin’s statements might not be independently verified.
Ukraine said on Friday it had taken back up to two kilometers from the Russians around Bakhmout.
The Russian Ministry of Defense meanwhile assured that it had repelled 26 Ukrainian attacks on a 95 kilometer long front in the Soledar sector, north of Bakhmout. “No breakthrough of the defense of the Russian forces was allowed,” he assured.
The Russian ministry nevertheless reported on Friday a redeployment of units north of Bakhmout, in the area of the “Berkhivske reservoir”, to “strengthen the sustainability of the defense”, a statement interpreted by observers as an admission of recoil.
“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,” Prigozhin said on Friday. “We must immediately stop lying,” he said.
According to Mr. Prigozhin, further advances by the Ukrainian army in this direction would allow it to surround Wagner’s men in Bakhmout, which is currently more than 90% in Russian hands.
“The capture of Bakhmout will bring nothing to Russia because the flanks are crumbling and the front is collapsing,” Mr. Prigojine further alarmed.
The boss of Wagner, in open conflict with the Russian military hierarchy, has once once more assured that he will not receive enough ammunition for his men, while according to him there are only regarding twenty buildings left under Ukrainian control in the interior of Bakhmout.
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