Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner PMC, said that fierce fighting took place in Bakhmut (Ukrainian name Artemovsk), ammunition for PMC units began to arrive temporarily, “but they have not yet seen it alive.” His audio commentary was published by the press service of the Concord company. in contact.
According to him, on May 8, the maximum advance of the groups was 130 meters, a total of 15 thousand meters were occupied, about 2.36 square meters remained under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. km.
The conflict is fierce, groups are advancing and will continue. According to preliminary data, we started to buy ammunition. I haven’t seen it alive yet,” said Prigogine.
May 7 Prigogine declarationPMC remains in Bakhmut, as the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation promised to supply PMC “Wagner” with weapons “as much as necessary to maintain hostilities.” According to Prigozhin, Wagner was informed that he could act in the city as he saw fit.
On May 5, Wagner stated that on May 10, PMC would be leaving Bakhmut due to “shell hunger”.