The founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that on May 10 he contacted the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to transfer the positions in Bakhmut (Russian name – Artemovsk) to the Chechen fighters. Expression published by the press service of the company founder.
“A little more than two square kilometers remain in Bakhmut. Bakhmut will undoubtedly be taken by Akhmat’s forces,” Prigogine said.
He thanked Kadyrov for agreeing to stop at Bakhmut, “possibly having the opportunity to obtain everything necessary and all the necessary resources” in the position of “Wagnerians”.
Former Entrepreneur announcedWagner said his units would leave Artemovsk on May 10 due to a shortage of ammunition.
Then Ramzan Kadyrov declaration About the state of readiness to replace Wagner units in Artemovsk and take the city. According to Kadyrov, the matter of taking the city will take several hours.