Entire front could collapse if Russia loses Bakhmut fight, Wagner chief claims
Wagner mercenary force has said his troops now tightening their grip on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut are being deprived of ammunition and that, if they are forced to retreat, the entire front will collapse.
“If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse,” Prigozhin said. “The situation will not be sweet for all military formations protecting Russian interests.”Reuters could not independently verify when and where the video was recorded. It was published not on Prigozhin’s usual press service Telegram channel,but on one that has associated itself with Wagner and disseminated news about Prigozhin.
A prominent opponent of Prigozhin’s, Russian nationalist ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, said without citing evidence that the doom-laden video published at the weekend had been recorded at the height of that row, about two weeks ago.Story continues below advertisement “If we retreat, then we will go down in history forever as people who have taken the main step towards losing the war,” he said.Prigozhin delivered his sometimes repetitive monolog in what appeared to be a bunker, with a dim light casting his heavy shadow on the wall behind him.
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