Russian paramilitary group Wagner withdraws its threat to abandon Bakhmut

The head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner He affirmed this Sunday that he had received “the promise” from the army that he would have more ammunition and weapons to be able to continue fighting in the Ukrainian city of bakhmutafter having threatened to withdraw his men.

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On Friday, in a virulent video, Yevgeny Prigozhin He had been furious with the Russian army commanders and assured that his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut, the scene of the longest and bloodiest battle in eastern Russia. Ukraineif they did not receive greater support.

He also accused the army command of being responsible for “tens of thousands” of Russians killed and wounded in Ukrainewhile a broad kyiv counter-offensive continues to take shape with the help of weapons delivered by West.

“They promise to give us all the ammunition and weapons we need to continue operations”indicated the leader of Wagner in an audio message published this Sunday by his press service.

“We are sworn that everything necessary will be supplied to our flanks” about bakhmut“so that the enemy does not break them, and we have been told that we can act as we deem necessary in Artiomovsk”he added using the Soviet name of that Ukrainian city.

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The paramilitary leader increased the pressure on Saturday by asking the permission of the Russian Ministry of Defense to be able to cede their positions in Bakhmut to the Chechen troops.

Wagner’s boss has been accusing the State Russian major for not supplying his paramilitaries with enough ammunition, to deprive them, according to him, of a victory in Bakhmut that would overshadow the regular army.

Western observers estimate, however, that all this could be a ploy of Prigozhin to avoid having to assume responsibility for an eventual failure in the face of the announced Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliarsaid on Saturday that the Russians are still “concentrating their main efforts in the Bakhmut sector”and look for “resources” to strengthen their capacities.

The battle in this town of limited strategic value is being fought from the boreal summerbut it has gained symbolic weight given the duration and intensity of the fighting for its control.

the troops of Wagner have launched successive assaults against the city, transformed into a field of ruins and controlled by Russian forces in more than 90% according to Moscow.

Sunday night, kyiv it was targeted by airstrikes, according to the city’s military administration.

The Ukrainian air command indicated that the 35 drones launched by Russia over the city were detected and shot down, but the local military administration specified that at least five people were injured, and that the falling debris caused damage in several areas.

In parallel, the region of Odessa was also attacked, according to the regional administration. “A X-22 missile impacted a logistics infrastructure (a food warehouse) (…) causing a serious fire”specified the same source.

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Wave of attacks in Russia

Fearing a Ukrainian counter-offensive, the Russian occupation authorities on Friday announced partial evacuations in 18 towns in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia (south), particularly in the city of energodarwhere most of the employees of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

“The general situation in the area near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is becoming increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous”alerted on Saturday Rafael Grossiboss of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)an agency of the UN.

Beyond the front Russia has been hit in recent days by a series of attacks accused by Moscow to Ukrainewho in turn denied being related to them or remained silent.

A situation that raises fears of an incident during the Russian military celebrations on May 9, the day of victory against the Nazi Germany in 1945.

On Wednesday, Moscow denounced a drone attack on a Kremlin building, which it portrayed as a frustrated attempt to kill the president. Vladimir Putin.

On Saturday, Russian nationalist writer Zahar Prilepin, who strongly supports the Russian offensive in Ukrainewas injured when an explosion occurred in his vehicle in the region of Nizhny Novgorodin which his driver died.

After being operated on, the author finds himself “stable” and in a good mood, said the regional governor on Sunday.

Likewise, Russia said this Sunday to have repelled a night attack with drones against Sevastopol, the port of mooring of the Russian fleet in the Black Seaon the peninsula of crimea annexed by Moscow in 2014.

The Russian security services also indicated that they had disrupted a “terrorist sabotage” with drones, promoted according to what they said by kyivagainst an airbase in the region of Ivanovonortheast of Moscow.

Source: Elcomercio

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