Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner”, said that the preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) for a counterattack is a “known fact”. The businessman’s comment was published telegraph channel its press office.
The report cites a question in which Prigozhin was asked to comment on a possible large-scale counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bakhmut region (Russian name is Artemovsk) and the possibility of such an attack. hopes.
“Yes, it is a known fact that the enemy is preparing for a counterattack. Of course, we are doing everything we can to prevent this from happening,” the businessman is quoted as saying.
March 9 Prigogine declarationRussian forces reportedly took control of the village of Dubovo-Vasilevka, northwest of Artemivsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Before that, Russian forces control Eastern part of Artemovsk.