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Wagner boss says Russian army fled Bakhmut
Deutsche Welle ^ | 5/9/2023 | Deutsche Welle

Posted on 05/09/2023 7:31:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group that leads the ongoing assault on Bakhmut, on Tuesday accused the Russian army of fleeing its positions around the city.

"Today one of the units of the Defense Ministry fled from one of our flanks ... exposing the front," said Prigozhin.

Prigozhin, popularly known as Putin's chef because of the lucrative catering contracts he once held with the Kremlin, accused the Russian Defense Ministry of "scheming all the time" instead of fighting.

Prigozhin said soldiers were abandoning their positions because of the "stupidity" of Russian army commanders, who he said were giving "criminal orders."

"Soldiers should not die because of the absolute stupidity of their leadership," Prigozhin said, repeating his threat that Wagner would withdraw from the frontline city if Russia does not supply more ammunition soon.

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accordingtoplan; bakhmut; globalistpropaganda; may9; militarygenius; notwinning; prigozhin; putin; victoryday; wagner
Prigozhin says southern flank of Bakhmut was abandoned by 72nd Brigade of the Russian Federation.
1 posted on 05/09/2023 7:31:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Prigo video (translated) where he unloads on Russia’s 72nd Brigade for abandoning their positions in Bakhmut.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1655903508636348419


2 posted on 05/09/2023 7:31:44 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Prigo has been talking a lot lately. Who is his audience?

At some point, Putin is going to take it personally.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 7:33:02 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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4 posted on 05/09/2023 7:36:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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“Prigozhin, popularly known as Putin’s chef because of the lucrative catering contracts he once held with the Kremlin, accused the Russian Defense Ministry of “scheming all the time” instead of fighting.”

LOL

May putin/russia’s deterioration continue unabated


5 posted on 05/09/2023 7:46:56 AM PDT by Sunsong
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6 posted on 05/09/2023 8:03:32 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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7 posted on 05/09/2023 8:05:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Artemivsk. Liberated Bakhmut is now called Artemivsk


8 posted on 05/09/2023 8:10:57 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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“The US has taken 240 months to eventually lose in spectacular fashion to a bunch of stone age savages in pick up trucks.”

See how it works?


9 posted on 05/09/2023 8:13:42 AM PDT by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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"Soldiers should not die because of the absolute stupidity of their leadership,"

See also: WWI trench warfare...

10 posted on 05/09/2023 8:15:42 AM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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Like most autocrats, Putin purged his officer corps for fear of being overthrown and failed to fund his defense forces resulting in poor performance of men and machines. Now this result is becoming clearer to all each day.


11 posted on 05/09/2023 8:25:28 AM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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They fled because the RGF wants the PMC wiped out.


12 posted on 05/09/2023 8:55:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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SOME MISCELLANEOUS BUT SALIENT OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE

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.

13 posted on 05/09/2023 8:57:46 AM PDT by Kazan
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Too Much Firepower | Wagner Night Assaults Storm Final Ukrainian Defensive Positions in Bakhmut
14 posted on 05/09/2023 9:00:23 AM PDT by Kazan
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The US has taken 240 months to eventually lose in spectacular fashion to a bunch of stone age savages in pick up trucks.”

Just for the sake of historical accuracy, The same Afghans defeated the Russian Army in half the time.


15 posted on 05/09/2023 9:21:55 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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Can’t be true. All of the pro-Russians here assure us that the Russians never have any setbacks. It must be some brilliant strategy.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 9:25:03 AM PDT by Petrosius
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Most of the Russian commanders have pivoted from worrying about the Ukraine War. They can see what is coming.

Wagner, the Chechens, Rosgvardia, Spetznatz, and the regular army are all stockpiling weapons. Once Putin goes its going to be a five way fight within Russia for who takes over.


17 posted on 05/09/2023 9:25:38 AM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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Bingo.


18 posted on 05/09/2023 9:47:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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you could write for the National Enquirer


19 posted on 05/09/2023 1:28:12 PM PDT by norsky ( <P> <a href= > </a> <P> <img src=" "width=500"></img>)
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