2023-05-09 23:53:40
The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirmed today that its mercenary units They will not abandon their positions in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut tonight.
This, even despite not having yet received all the ammunition promised, because Moscow has made it clear that it would consider it a “treason to the fatherland”.
“We will not leave Artiomovsk (Russian name of Bakhmut), We will insist a few more days, we will fight and then it will be seen,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel. Telegram.
Despite this, he denounced that, after receiving Moscow’s promise on Sunday that the Wagnerites would be provided with all the weapons and ammunition necessary to continue fighting in that city, finally only “we received 10% of what we asked for”.
“They just blatantly fooled us” stressed Prigozhin, who threatened last Friday to withdraw his Bakhmut units on Wednesday due to the shortage of ammunition and the “senseless” death of his men for it in this Ukrainian city.
He explained that in addition the day before “a combat order arrived in which it is clearly stated that the abandonment of the positions will be interpreted as a betrayal of the homeland.”
“That was told to us, but if there is no ammunition we will abandon our positions and ask who the real traitor is, possibly the one who signed the order,” Wagner’s boss said.
Prigozhin denounced that in the midst of these threats from Moscow, “one of the units of the Ministry of Defense has fled today from one of the flanks” in Bakhmut, protected by the Airborne Forces.
Complications for the mercenaries of the Wagner Group
On Sunday the head of the Wagner Group said that, in addition to the promise that there would be enough ammunition on this front, he was assured “everything will be done on the flanks so that the enemy does not attack” ukrainian.
“Everything is being done to make the front collapse,” stressed.
The foregoing, in reference to the unit of the Russian regular Army that “fled and abandoned its positions” on one of Bakhmut’s flanks and left an area almost 2 kilometers wide and 500 kilometers deep without protection.
Prigozhin maintained that the Ukrainian forces are “ripping the flanks” in the direction of Bakhmut, where there are still 2.36 square kilometers to be taken.
The businessman once again lashed out at the Russian military leadership in his already old confrontation with the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Valeri Guerásimov.
This, by stating that a “Soldier should not die because of the absolute stupidity of his leadership.”
He maintained that the orders received by commanders on the ground are “simply absolutely criminal.”
“And therefore I want to emphasize that there is a crime called “destruction of the Russian people, treason against the fatherland”, that are being committed “by a small group of people”.
Prigozhin also mentioned that he does not know why the Russian leadership has today to celebrate the Day of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
“Happy Victory Day to all our grandparents. Why we are celebrating it is a big question.” said.
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