Russia's Wagner boss hints at 'betrayal' in Bakhmut battle
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, speaking in Bakhmut in a video released on 3 MarchThe head of Russia's Wagner private army has said it is not getting the ammunition it needs from Moscow, as it seeks to gain control of Bakhmut.
"If we step back, then we will go down in history forever as the people who took the main step to lose the war," he said. "On the one hand, we are pulling the entire Ukrainian army onto ourselves, grinding and destroying it, and do not give it the opportunity to concentrate in other sectors of the front.
Ukraine's troops are probably conducting a "limited fighting withdrawal" in eastern Bakhmut, the Institute for the Study of War said on Monday.The ISW said the Russian military relied on Wagner in the months-long effort to seize Bakhmut and has since "reinforced Wagner forces in Bakhmut with Russian airborne elements and mobilized personnel".
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