If mercenary leader Wagner had his way, Russia would have taken over Ukraine long ago. He says he wants to stand for election there.
Bakhmut – Yegveni Prigozhin wants to run for president soon. It means Russian President Vladimir Putin Competition soon? No, because Prigozhin wants to run for office in Ukraine. His mercenary Wagner also fights there. According to their boss, the troops needed 10,000 tons of ammunition per month for the Bagmuth battle. In a video released Saturday, Prigozhin urged the delivery of artillery shells and bullets. The video shows him on the roof of a house in the largely destroyed city – about 1.2 kilometers from the administrative center held by Ukrainian troops. Prigozhin declared: “We will win.”
Ukraine war: Prigozhin wants to run against Zelenskyj
Many destroyed houses and streets could be seen on video – relatively rare footage from a city that once had a population of 70,000. Only a few thousand survive today. Boss Wagner assured that no one should worry that he had political ambitions in Moscow. Therefore, he should be supplied with the required quantity of ammunition without reservation. of Russia Billionaires are also willing to spend like this. He put the monthly expenses at half a billion US dollars (about 470 million euros).
Prigozhin admitted in the video that corruption was widespread in his homeland. But he would “carry his own corrupt connections with him to the grave”. Then the 61-year-old stood in line for “an important announcement”. Under audible gunfire, he announced that he would run for president next year — not in Russia, as is sometimes assumed, but “in Ukraine.” He is going against the incumbents Volodymyr Zelenskyj And his predecessor Petro Poroshenko. Boss Wagner is known for taunting his opponents.
Ukraine war: Selenskyj and the army should conduct Bakhmut as much as possible
Putin might like this announcement, if it is serious. There have always been rumors of power struggles in the Kremlin in the past. The protagonists of these conflicts are Vladimir Putin, as well Yegeveni Prigozhin and “Putin’s bloodhound” Ramzan Kadyrov. Knowing one of his colleagues in Ukraine must be an advantage for the Kremlin ruler.
Zelensky wants to keep the strategically important city of Bakmut at all costs. The The New York Times Ukrainian commanders were recently quoted as saying that the military agrees with their president and wants them to hold positions in a completely destroyed city as much as possible – thus weakening the enemy in future battles.
Bachmut has been competing since late summer. The city is an important part of the defensive line between Siversk and Bakhmut in the Donetsk Oblast, established after the Russian conquest of Siverodonetsk and Lysizansk. If successful, the way to the main cities of Slovzhansk and Kramatorsk was opened for Russian troops. It was close to a complete conquest of the Donetsk region. (dpa/lp)
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