Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Wagner’s mercenary group, reported in his Telegram account that 20,000 of his soldiers died in the battles for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, reports the British publication The Guardian, citing news.ro.

In the same message, Yevgeny Prigozhin warned that Russia may face a new “revolution” if its leaders do not improve their attitude to the war in Ukraine.

He also said that 20 percent of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in Ukraine had been killed in recent months, a number close to the number of professional fighters killed in combat.

Yevgeny Prigozhin also accused the Russian army of participating in a conflict without social equality, when sons from poor families are returned from the front in zinc coffins, and children of the Russian elite “twist their bottoms.” .

5,900 Russian soldiers died, according to Mosocova’s latest report

“This break may end, as in 1917, in a revolution,” warned the leader of the group, “first the soldiers will rise up, and then their relatives.” Already tens of thousands are relatives of the dead. And there will probably be hundreds of thousands of them – we cannot avoid it.”

If the figure presented by Yevgeny Prigozhin is particularly important for the Russian side, where Moscow keeps the number of dead and wounded a secret, then the head of Wagner said that the Ukrainian losses are much higher: “I have three times less killed and (.. ) approximately twice fewer wounds.”

The Russian military released its latest report in September 2022, announcing 5,900 deaths in its ranks.