Reply To: Russian Tensions
Wagner Calling victory in Bakhmut?
“And we are persistently moving along this pathway. The battle for Bakhmut has practically destroyed the Ukrainian army today,” the Wagner press office quoted Prigozhin as saying on its Telegram channel.
Foreign units are also incorporated into the Ukrainian army, Prigozhin added.
All the Russian units positioned in the flanks, the south and the north must “move forward,” the Wagner founder said.
Reports seem to be flitting about that the fighting has reached the centre of Bakhmut. RT has been reporting Zelensky as giving his reasons for holding the city He claimed that if Russia were to capture Artyomovsk, his government would come under international and domestic pressure to seek peace with Moscow.
“Our society will feel tired,” he told the news agency of this scenario. “Our society will push me to have compromise with them.” We’ll have to see: lots of chatter about the big AFU push coming soon.
