The head of Wagner called the Russian defense minister’s victory claims a “huge fraud”, accusing the general staff of “hiding” difficulties and Russian losses in the field
The Russian army is retreating in many parts of southern and eastern Ukraine, the head of the mercenary organization Wagner said today. contradicting Kremlin assurances that Kiev’s counterattack is unsuccessful.
“The (Russian) army is retreating in its areas Zaporizhia and her Peninsula (south), the Ukrainian armed forces are pushing,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video posted on Telegram by his press service.
“The same thing happens in Bahamut, the enemy will penetrate deeper and deeper into our defenses”he said.
In Bahamut the Russians claim to have captured the city but where the Ukrainians say they have advanced on the front wings these past few weeks.
“There is no control, there are no military successes” her MoscowPrigozhin stated, adding that Russian soldiers ‘drowning in their own blood’meaning that heavy losses are incurred.
The Wagner chief’s statements, which could not be cross-referenced by an independent source, contradict in any case those of President Vladimir Putin and his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that the Russian military “repels” all Ukrainian attacks.
In recent days, Putin has been repeating that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is a failure and that Kiev’s forces are suffering near “catastrophic” losses. Yesterday, Shoigu stated that the Ukrainian army “regroups” after failing to penetrate the Russian defenses.
Prigozhin characterized “huge scam” the victory declarations of the Russian Defense Ministeraccusing the general staff of “concealing” difficulties and Russian losses in the field.
In an indication that the Ukrainian counterattack is in any case taken very seriously by Moscow, Putin spoke in many cases within a few days about the situation on the battlefieldwhile he tended in recent months not to comment in detail on what was happening.
While many dissidents and ordinary Russians are in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine, the head of Wagner questioned again today the reasons why the military intervention was launched. “War was necessary to promote a group of bastards”he said, also blaming Russian “oligarchs” who “need war”.
Source :Skai
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