The Chechen leader offers to send his troops to Bakhmut to replace the mercenaries of the Wagner Group

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May 5. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadirov, has offered to send his troops to the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to replace the mercenaries of the Wagner Group after the organization’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced his withdrawal to starting mid next week.

“If the older brother Prigozhin and Wagner leave, then the General Staff will lose an experienced combat unit, and the younger brother Kadirov and (special forces) Akhmat will take their place in Bakhmut,” the Chechen leader said on Telegram. one of the main trusted men of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Thus, Kadirov has asserted that the troops under his command are capable of taking the two square kilometers of Bakhmut that are still under the control of the Ukrainian authorities, although he has advocated saving “the lives of the soldiers” and advancing “as a result of mutual understanding” of the Russian military branches.

In this sense, he has advocated ironing out the differences between the Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense, which he has asked to hold a meeting that results in the resolution of the misunderstandings between the two branches and with a view to a “common victory”. , collects the Russian agency TASS.

“The interests of the state and the security of the country must come first. And when the special military operation (Moscow’s euphemism for the invasion of Ukraine) ends, I would like all of us, every fighter, every commander, every Russian patriot, let’s be winners. Together,” Kadirov added.

Previously, Prigozhin has announced that the Wagner Group mercenaries will leave their positions in Bakhmut after May 9, the date on which Russia celebrates Victory Day in memory of the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II. World Cup on European territory.

Prigozhin stressed that his units “will go to the rear camps” to “lick their wounds” and thus save as many troops as possible. The leader of the Wagner Group has criticized the Ministry of Defense for the lack of weapons and ammunition, thus deepening tensions with the Russian military leadership.