While Putin was speaking about "Russian greatness" in Moscow, Russian troops were fleeing in Bakhmut.
Prigozhin said the 72nd brigade and Gazprom "Torch" PMC abandoned their positions after 500 Wagner members died to get them - the true face of "Russian might".
Morale sounds really high /s
Lol...when you don’t know who the patsy at the table is, you’re the patsy.
For sure Prigozhin does not want to lose all his men in Bakhmut. He wants to keep his private army intact with 5000-10000 men. So that very soon, when Putin is weak or there is a Kremlin power struggle. That Prigo can try to seize power with the backing of an army. His own Wagner private army.
If Wagner fights the FSB in Moscow and Kremlin, I hope they kill all the top FSB men. FSB scum should be wiped off the face of the earth.
Reuters is reporting obsolete/superseded news. Pregozhin DID have his rant and his tactic had the desired effect. He’s now been given authority over ammunition allocations. Just sayin’.
Maximus - I think your paydays from the Ukraine are short-lived - Saint Zelensky is demanding more US $$$$. Claims he “needs” the $$$ to keep fighting.
The makings of a mutiny.
At the start of the “Special Military Operation” more than a year ago, the Ukrainian Army outnumbered the Russians by a factor of three. Even with their advantage in numbers, the Ukrainian defenses failed to stop the numerically inferior Russian force and failed to expel the Russians from the Luhansk and Donetsk territories.
We now are being enticed to believe that Ukraine, with a numerically inferior force compared to Russia’s current troop deployment, is going to mount an offensive, despite a severe lack of tanks, armored vehicles, mobile artillery and air cover, that will drive the Russians from fortifications erected during the last six months.
Ukrainian officials persist in making wild claims about Russian defeats, low morale and catastrophic casualties. There is a very simple test you can do to evaluate the Ukrainian claim about Russia’s losses — find the social media and count the photos and videos. If Russia had suffered the number of killed and wounded cited by Ukrainian and Western officials and pundits, then it would be impossible to hide those photos and videos. Social media and smart phones are ubiquitous and grieving wives, girl friends, parents and friends are not easy to corral.
Images and videos like the following are widely available on Ukrainian Telegram channels. The opposite is true when it comes to finding comparable material on Russian channels. There are a few photos of newly dug graves in a Russian military cemetery, but nothing like the quantity of images recording Ukraine losses.
Too Much Firepower | Wagner Night Assaults Storm Final Ukrainian Defensive Positions in Bakhmut