Wagner’s group of Russian mercenaries captured the town of Zaliznyansk north of Bakhmut on Wednesday, further strengthening the ring around this Ukrainian bastion in Donbas, Agerpres writes with reference to the EFE agency, which quotes the head of the paramilitary formation Yevgeny Prigozhin.
He notes that “despite the lack of ammunition”, “provision hunger”, after fierce battles, the assault units “tighten the ring around the city of Bakhmut”. “Zaliznyanske was conquered by Wagner this morning,” Prigozhin said in his Telegram account.
On Monday, he called the situation in Bakhmut “very difficult” and said that Ukrainian troops are fighting “for every meter”.
According to Wagner’s group, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring more and more reserves to this settlement, which the Russians have been trying to capture since last summer.
For his part, Prigozhin said that “Wagner” PMCs are “advancing” in a city that both sides consider important for the upcoming final battle for Donbas.
Chief Wagner, who has sharply criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for insufficient support for his group, Russia’s main front-line assault group, said he had finally received some of the ammunition he had been asking for.
This weekend, the mercenary group received 27 truckloads of ammunition.
“At the end of the week, the militants of the paramilitary group would take advantageous positions in the industrial zone of the metallurgical plant “AZOM” in Bakhmut, said Andrii Marotsiko, a representative of the Russian-imposed authorities in Luhansk.
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