Ukraine's military will 'find the appropriate forces to help the guys in Bakhmut,' President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.
from the embattled settlement, but Kyiv had yet to confirm this. On Monday, Zelensky said there is"no part of Ukraine" that can be"abandoned," adding the top military officials will"find the appropriate forces to help the guys in Bakhmut.
" A Ukrainian infantryman with the 28th Brigade takes cover in a partially dug trench along the frontline facing Russian troops that were 250 meters away on March 05, 2023 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are planning to"take advantage" of the public rift between the Wagner Group leader and the Russian Defense Ministry, according to former Kremlin aide Sergei Markov.Markov, writing on social media on Tuesday, said the decision to send reinforcements to the ruined city could be down to Kyiv"planning a big counterattack in Bakhmut."bad relations between the Russian Defense Ministry and the Wagner leadershipWagner Group fighters, under Prigozhin's leadership, have played a key role in fighting in Bakhmut alongside Russia's conventional military. But the Russian billionaire is also anPrigozhin has previously accused the Defense Ministry and the chief of Russia's general staff of"high treason" for denying Wagner fighters ammunition and supplies. The ministry, without specifying the Wagner Group, then said"all the statements supposedly made on behalf of assault units about the lack of ammunition are completely untrue." Previous assessments have suggested the Russian authorities are attempting to"sideline" the oligarch and his mercenary fighters. But Wagner fighters have nonetheless played a key role in Russian efforts to capture Bakhmut.
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