Businessman and founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin compared the battles for the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) with the Battle of Borodino and the Battle of Kulikovo. The words of the businessman were quoted by the press service. telegraph channel.
“Bakhmut is today a meeting place for two troops. “Like Prigozhin, Kulikovo Pole, Borodino and other historical examples where one army had to destroy another,” he said.
According to him, the Russian forces successfully cope with this.
“After all, it’s not for nothing they say, ‘It’s better to lose a war than to lose an army,’” said the businessman.
He believes that “this is more important now” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
Formerly Prigozhin declarationThat the Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk formed “five hundred lines of defense”, therefore, the advance proceeded with great difficulty.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.