Russia deploying Wagner fighters along Bakhmut frontlines, Ukraine says
Deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar made her comments after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his mercenary forces would pull out of Bakhmut.
By REUTERS
A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday Russia was bringing Wagner mercenary fighters from other parts of the frontline to fight in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, and that Moscow wanted to capture the city in time for Victory Day celebrations on May 9.
Deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar made her comments after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his mercenary forces would pull out of Bakhmut on May 10 because of heavy losses and inadequate ammunition supplies. That is one day after the annual events commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, an important day in the Russian calendar.
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Deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar made her comments after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his mercenary forces would pull out of Bakhmut.
By REUTERS
A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday Russia was bringing Wagner mercenary fighters from other parts of the frontline to fight in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, and that Moscow wanted to capture the city in time for Victory Day celebrations on May 9.
Deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar made her comments after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his mercenary forces would pull out of Bakhmut on May 10 because of heavy losses and inadequate ammunition supplies. That is one day after the annual events commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, an important day in the Russian calendar.
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