The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukraine took advantage of the provocation of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company (PMC), “to disrupt the situation” and concentrated his troops for an offensive in the tactical direction of Bakhmut.
According to the agency, Kiev is concentrating the 35th brigade and 36th naval brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU) on the starting lines for offensive operations.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the Ukrainian troops with air and artillery attacks.
Previously at the Center for Public Affairs of the Russian FSB (TsOS) declarationThat the RF Ministry of Defense allegedly carried out missile and bomb attacks on the rear units of Wagner PMC, all the information spread on social networks on behalf of Prigozhin is not true and is an informational provocation.
On June 23 at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declarationOn behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC, he said that the messages and videos about the “attack of the RF Ministry of Defense on PMC Wagner’s rear camps” spread on social networks do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation. .
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin knowledgeable About the situation around Prigozhin.
Following Prigozhin’s statements, the National Counter-Terrorism Committee said: filed a lawsuit for incitement to military rebellion.