The curator of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the missions of the operation carried out by PMC fighters in the city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut of Ukraine) of the Donetsk People’s Republic have been completely completed. Businessman’s words lead telegraph channel its press office.
He noted that the operation “Bakhmut meat grinder” was designed mainly not to take the city, but to grind the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and organize a respite and restore the combat capability of the Russian army.
“The Bakhmut meat grinder did its job perfectly,” said Prigozhin.
He announced that after the release of the PMC “Wagner” from Artemovsk, the soldiers will go to the training camps, where they will ensure their combat readiness and participate in the additional training of the units. The units will remain there “until the threat to Russia and Russian citizens within the framework of this military operation is eliminated.” Prigozhin noted that in the event of a threat, Wagner “will immediately stand up for the defense of his Fatherland.”
Formerly Yevgeny Prigozhin declarationHe said that the Wagner PMC has contacted representatives of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to start transferring their positions in Bakhmut. According to him, on May 10, PMC units will completely exhaust their combat potential and will be able to transfer their positions to Akhmat forces. Earlier, Prigozhin had announced that Wagner would have to leave Bakhmut due to “bullet starvation and high personnel losses.”