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Post by Admin on May 10, 2023 15:15:58 GMT
Sky News' military analyst Michael Clarke has said comments made by the founder of the Wagner Group, which appear to insult Vladimir Putin, "may have overstepped the line this time". Yevgeny Prigozhin, called Putin a "happy grandfather" figure who may turn out to be a "complete asshole". Ukraine latest: trib.al/QTC8as2
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2023 17:53:41 GMT
A Russian prisoner turned Wagner soldier said Putin's army used him as ‘cannon fodder’.
Ruslan, a middle-aged Wagner soldier who has Hepatitis, was captured fighting on the frontline by the Ukrainian army. He agreed to a filmed interview with the humanitarian group Vans Without Borders (VWB) at an undisclosed location, on the condition his face was blurred.
He claims he was lured to the frontline with the promise of being pardoned after six months, but in reality, he and his fellow inmates have been fighting since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
“It’s just a crazy house, they take people bake them and throw them in. The shelling is chaos, it’s not clear where they hit, they don’t check anything.” Said Ruslan.
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Post by Admin on May 22, 2023 17:40:21 GMT
The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has vowed to transfer control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to the Russian army by 1 June. Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed to have captured Bakhmut on Saturday, but Kyiv says it still controls parts of the city. Ukraine says its troops are still advancing on the outskirts of Bakhmut. But Mr Prigozhin said his troops will start handing over the city to the Russian army on Thursday. "Wagner will leave Artemovsk from 25 May to 1 June," Mr Prigozhin said in an audio recording on Telegram. Bakhmut was previously known as Artemovsk, in honour of a Soviet revolutionary, before Ukraine renamed it. He said that Wagner had set up "defence lines" on the west of the city ahead of the transfer. But Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, reiterated that its forces still have a small foothold inside the city and are advancing on the outskirts, adding that the "intensity" of their movement had reduced. She later wrote in a post on Telegram that Ukrainian troops still controlled "certain private facilities and the private sector in the 'Litak' area" of the city. Analysts say Bakhmut is of little strategic value to Moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for Russia after the longest battle of the war in Ukraine so far. Wagner mercenaries have concentrated their efforts on the city for months and their relentless, costly tactic of sending in waves of men seems to have gradually eroded Kyiv's resistance.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2023 14:11:08 GMT
28,953 views Jun 5, 2023 #CNN #News Ret. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt breaks down the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. #CNN #News
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2023 3:08:28 GMT
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of private military group Wagner, says he is certain Russia will soon face massive losses on the battlefield in the war against Ukraine. CNN's Sam Kiley reports, followed by a conversation between CNN's Erin Burnett and former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan. #CNN #News
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