Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company Wagner, said that fierce fighting took place near the railway station in Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). This was reported by the businessman’s press service. telegraph channel.
The publication says Prigozhin was asked to comment on the words of Jan Gagin, an adviser to Denis Pushilin, acting president of the Donetsk People’s Republic, who said that the Russian Armed Forces had taken control of the railway station in Bakhmut.
“I know little about the actions of the RF Armed Forces in Bakhmut – I did not see them there. And there is no time to watch Konashenkov’s briefings. As for the train station, indeed, Wagner PMC units are fighting fierce battles there,” Prigozhin replied.
Formerly Prigozhin enlisted after his death military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name – Maxim Fomin) to the ranks of the PMCs.