The founder of the PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that the fighters of the private military company “Wagner” were able to liquidate about 40 thousand soldiers who participated in the hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. radio station reports Sputnik.
“Our assessment of the enemy destroyed, from the first day of the conflict to the present. [подразделениями ЧВК «Вагнер»]… in terms of irreparable losses – 38 thousand people, ”Prigozhin said.
As the founder of the PMC added, 32,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Wagner fighters fell in Bakhmut (Russian name Artemovsk), Soledar and its environs.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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Formerly Prigozhin declaration About the control of more than 80% of Artemovsk by the forces of the Russian Federation.