Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary group “Wagner”, announced on Monday that the Wagnerites will leave Bakhmut by June 1 and hand over control of these positions to the Russian army.
Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary group “Wagner”, announced on Monday that the Wagnerites will leave Bakhmut by June 1 and hand over control of these positions to the Russian army.
Both Wagner and the Russian army have announced that Bakhmut has fallen into their hands, but Kiev denies this, saying that the Ukrainian army still holds positions in Bakhmut and fighting continues.
“”Wagner” will leave Artemivsk from May 25 to June 1,” Prigozhin announced on the “Telegram” website, using Bakhmut’s name used by the bigwigs.
Prigozhin added that “Wagner” fighters have established defensive lines in the western suburbs of Bakhmut before the planned transfer of control to the Russian army.
“If the Ministry of Defense does not have enough personnel, we have thousands of generals,” Prigozhin declared.
Prigozhin has publicly criticized Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, accusing them of incompetence and heavy losses on the battlefield.
On Saturday, he announced that Bachmut had fallen into the hands of the Wagnerites, and said that “Wagner” would leave the city by May 25.
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