“Retreat Threat: The Implications of Prigozhin’s Pullout from Bakhmut”

2023-05-05 12:35:08

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary Wagner group, wants to withdraw his soldiers from the embattled city of Bakhmut by May 10. Whether he will carry out his threat is uncertain – as are the military consequences of a retreat.

The Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is an old friend of Putin – but he is deeply at odds with the Russian army leadership.

AP

The battle for the city of Bakhmut in the Donbass has been raging for ten months now. Although the Russians now control a large part of the city, the Ukrainians are still fighting back. The fact that Moscow’s troops were able to advance so far is primarily due to the Wagner paramilitary group, whose mercenaries mainly fight the extremely costly battles.

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