The Russian private military group Wagner plans to send the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the fighting in the captured city of Soledar into Ukrainian-controlled territory, a website linked to the bloc’s founder Yevgeny Prigozhin reported on Saturday.
Wagner said on January 11 that he had captured Soledar and Russian-installed authorities in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine assured earlier this week that they were in control of the salt mining town, where intense combats.
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The RIA FAN website, part of Prigozhin’s media, quoted a Wagner commander as saying the mercenary company would send the bodies from Soledar to Ukrainian-controlled territory. in four or five convoys, with a total of about 20 trucks.
The report on Saturday did not say how many bodies would be returned to Ukrainian authorities, but said Ukrainian forces suffered significant losses in Soledar.
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He added that Prigozhin had made it clear that the soldiers’ bodies should be returned to Ukraine in a “dignified” manner, but did not provide further details about the planned operation.
The Ukrainian authorities reported during the fighting for Soledar that the Russian forces suffered heavy losses.
Prigozhin, who previously avoided public attention and denied connections to Wagner, admitted in September you founded the mercenary army, which has played an important role in the conflict. He has described Wagner as a totally independent force with its own planes, tanks, rockets and artillery.
Archyde.com / NA / MCP
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