Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian paramilitary group “Wagner”, estimated on Tuesday that between 12 and 20 thousand Ukrainian troops are fighting in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which is surrounded by Russian troops who are fiercely resisting Russian troops, EFE and Agerpres report.

Fierce battles are taking place there “day and night”, “Ukrainians are not running away”, Prigozhin said in a message sent by his press service.

“Zelenskyi’s people do not stop, they throw thousands and thousands more into the meat grinder,” he adds, still expressing his “admiration” for the Ukrainian soldiers who “die en masse for Bakhmut and surrender only as a last resort.” “Stop saying they are cowards! They are the same as us, they have the same blood,” the Wagner leader also wrote about the Ukrainian soldiers.

Prigozhin also says that the Russian troops in Bakhmut are feeling the “fury” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose troops do not lack weapons and ammunition, and Wagner’s fighters still do not receive ammunition, weapons, equipment and ammunition from Moscow. the equipment they need.

The day before, the head of Wagner’s group warned that the Ukrainian army would defend the city of Bakhmut “to the end”, while in Kyiv the presidency of Ukraine announced that, following a meeting with the military, a decision was made that Ukrainian troops would not withdraw from this city and would continue to resist the Russian assault , receiving reinforcements.

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