The head of the mercenary organization Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhinonce again blamed the Russian military hierarchy today that “hides” the difficulties faced by the armed forces in the face of the Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in early June.

“The enemy captured Piatihati, the north of Robotine and Urojaine, which means that large areas of land were lost” Prigozhin said in an audio message posted on Telegram.

A few weeks after the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Kiev “caused heavy losses on our side and problems that choked them, of which the Russians do not know”, he added, criticizing Russian military officials, with whom he has openly clashed for many months. “They hide all this completely from the whole world. One day Russia will wake up and see that Crimea is Ukrainian. This is a betrayal of the interests of the Russian Federation”Prigozhin said.

“All that the command of the special military operation is doing today is to hide the facts in order to deliver good reports to Moscow” and “to mock the Russian people”continued Prigozhin, whose men are fighting on the front lines, mainly in eastern Ukraine, and have suffered heavy casualties.

In the zone of Sandove, to the north of Tokmak in the region of Zaporizhia “no command, no guns, no ammunition”he argued.

Kiev has so far announced that it has liberated eight communities while Moscow is limited to stating that its army is repelling all Ukrainian attacks.

Prigozhin he blamed the military administration and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that they spread information that does not correspond to reality: “information is blocked, the enemy is advancing towards Molochniy Harbour”a community near the Black Sea, to the south of Melitopolis.

The capture of this village would allow the Ukrainian army to reach the shores of the Black Sea, cutting off a part of the Russian army. “If the enemy reaches Molochnii Port, then all the lands we captured during the special military operation will be returned to the enemy” Prigozhin warned, citing a catastrophic scenario for Russia, whose stated goal is to seize the entire Donbass basin and consolidate its power over the territories it has seized in southern Ukraine.

When asked about the situation on the front, Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier today that there was “relative calm” and again referred to the “serious losses” of the Ukrainians.