Saves the 'fire havin ta look at DU, by bringin it here.
Meanwhile, Bahkmut's been under Russian control for a month, and Russia's able ta rotate and relieve it's troops since the fightin's over
9 May 2023 The chief of Russia’s Wagner Group has accused a Russian military unit of fleeing positions near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, in his latest scathing attack against Moscow’s military leadership.
“Today, everything is being done so that the front line crumbles. Today, one of the defence ministry’s units fled one of our flanks, abandoning their positions. Everyone fled,” said Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had earlier threatened to pull his fighters out of Bakhmut on May 10 if he does not receive badly needed ammunition.
In a video released on the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday, Prigozhin said troops were fleeing because of the “stupidity” of Russian army commanders.
“A soldier shouldn’t die because of his leaders’ absolute stupidity,” he said. “The commands they receive from the top are absolutely criminal.”
Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement later in the day that “assault troops” – normally a reference to Wagner units – were “continuing to fight in the western part” of Bakhmut.
The ministry said Russian paratroopers “provided assistance”, but did not mention Prigozhin’s accusation of soldiers abandoning their posts.
Wagner has spearheaded Moscow’s fight for the eastern Ukrainian city, which had a pre-war population of about 70,000 people, but in recent weeks, internal divisions have deepened, with Prigozhin repeatedly blaming Russia for failing to send his group enough weapons.
The Bakhmut battle is the longest and bloodiest of the Ukraine war so far, with each side losing thousands of soldiers.
Also on Tuesday, Prigozhin said he and his mercenaries would be seen as traitors if they left their positions.
In his messages shared on Russia’s Victory Day – the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II – Prigozhin said that he had received a “combat order” on Monday, saying if Wagner fulfilled its threat, the move would be regarded as “treason against the motherland”.
You make the mistake of thinkin propaganda offsets facts.
