Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting for Bakhmut, has said that his troops have fully taken the Donetsk city which has been fiercely fought over for months. Holding a Russian flag in front of his troops in a video released on his Telegram channel on Saturday, Prigozhin said his forces had established … Read more
The head of the Russian private army Wagner has said his fighters have completed the capture of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv immediately rejected the claim and said fighting was still going on. Yevgeny Prigozhin made the claim in a video on Saturday in which he appeared in combat fatigues in front of a line of … Read more
The leader of Russia’s Wagner Group has threatened to withdraw his troops from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut by Wednesday, in a row over ammunition. His statement came after he posted a gruesome video of him walking among dead fighters’ bodies, asking defence officials for more supplies. Russia has been trying to capture the city … Read more