Russia's defense ministry is using Wagner forces as 'live meat' in the Bakhmut sector as it looks to eliminate the group after Yevgeny Prigozhin lost the trust of President Putin.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst discusses massive missile attacks launched by Russia as the battle for Bakhmut rages on.
People in military uniform, claiming to be soldiers of the Russian mercenary group known as the Wagner Group and its head, Yevgeny Prigozhin, pose for a picture believed to be in a salt mine in Soledar, Ukraine, in this handout picture released Jan. 10, 2023.
Kovalenko's depiction of the changing battlefield dynamic in the Bakhmut sector was echoed in a Sunday report by the Institute for the Study of War , which said Russia’s defense ministry is now trying to"deliberately expend both elite andin Bakhmut in an effort to weaken Prigozhin and derail his ambitions for greater influence in the Kremlin."
According to the ISW, Prigozhin has threatened to withdraw his Wagner forces from Bakhmut, but it is unclear how this would play out or what it could mean for Prigozhin.
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