Yevgeny Prigozhin also said his mercenary troops have made further advancements in the besieged city of Bakhmut.
"Assault units are expanding the encirclement of Bakhmut. This morning, the village of Zaliznyanskoye was taken by the Wagner's assault units," Prigozhin was quoted as saying on Telegram, according to a translation by the Russian state-controlled news agency Tass.
A Ukrainian military vehicle drives by an explosion near Bakhmut on Tuesday, while the inset shows Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin at an economic meeting on September, 2, 2016, in Vladivostok, Russia. Prigozhin said Wednesday that his mercenary troops had captured a Ukrainian village and made advancements in Bakhmut.Despite his prominence in Ukraine, Prigozhin has had a contentious relationship with Russia's formal military officials.
from all Russian government communication channels because of his public appeals for his troops to be given more ammunition.. But the Institute for the Study of War , a think tank, wrote earlier this year that a rift had developed between the two because of Prigozhin's frequent criticisms of Russia's Ministry of Defense.
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