The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says he does not expect the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been fought over for months, to be captured until March or April, blaming the “monstrous military bureaucracy” . the slow progress. “To take Bakhmut, you have to cut off all supply routes,” Prigozhin said.
The Wagner boss said the slow progress in the battle for the city was due to bureaucratic obstacles.
“I think we would have taken Bakhmut if it weren’t for this monstrous military bureaucracy and if obstacles weren’t thrown at us every day,” Prigozhin said in a video published on Telegram.
“Bloodletting”
For the Wagner group, the “bloodshed” was that they could no longer recruit prisoners who would go to the front in exchange for amnesty. “Eventually the number of units will decrease and with it the number of tasks we want to perform.”
Huge losses for mercenaries
Wagner’s mercenaries have been leading the offensive against Bachmut for months and have suffered great losses. She recruited large numbers of prisoners to fight in Ukraine. Prigozhin said last week that this form of recruitment had been stopped.
“Troll Factory”
Prigozhin has long been an ally of the Kremlin. After years of denial, he admitted that he founded Wagner’s mercenary force, whose fighters have also been sighted in the Middle East and Africa. Prigozhin also confessed to being involved in Russian interference in US elections and establishing a “troll factory” to conduct online propaganda and disinformation campaigns.
Source: Krone
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