Wagner says Ukrainian counteroffensive pushes Russia back in Kherson and Zaporizhia

The leader of the group of Russian mercenaries Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhinhas assured this Friday that the Russian Army retreats to forced marches in the Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia. ““The Russian Defense Ministry is deceiving the Russian president,” he denounced.

“Ukrainian Armed Forces crush the Russian Army while we bathe in blood, no one sends reserves, there is no command“he said in a video posted on Telegram. Despite this situation, the Defense Ministry and the General Staff “still believe they can win this war,” he remarked.

“There is no command and therefore there are no military successes, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense thoroughly deceives the president. That’s why we hear about 60 Leopards being destroyed, thousands of enemy soldiers being wiped out all the time,” he said.

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In the half-hour video, announced as the first part of an interview, Wagner’s boss lashes out openly against the Russian Ministry of Defense and particularly against the head of the aforementioned portfolio, Sergei Shoiguwhich he described as “trembling grandpa who should be judged for the death of tens of thousands of young people”.

“Is a poorly planned operation“, he asserted in reference to the Russian military campaign, which has stalled in recent months. According to Prigozhin, the operation would have been successful if very serious planning errors had not been made “or naked and barefoot soldiers had not been sent” to the front, reports efe.

“The truth will come out when this bunch of scum realizes that they have lost a colossal chunk of territory and say that they have regrouped to more favorable positions,” he added.

“EXIT”

For their part, from kyiv they consider that all their steps follow the line they had designed before the counteroffensive. Thus, the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhaldescribed this Friday as a “success” the counteroffensive of his country against the invasion of Russian troops in statements to the British radio station BBC Radio 4.

Shmyhal, who participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London this week, said that “the counter-offensive is not just offensive.” “It may take time. It’s not an easy ride. In the last two weeks we have liberated more than 113 square kilometers of our territory“, recalled the politician.

He added that “we entered seven kilometers deep into the front line of the occupied territory. It is a success, we continue with this counter-offensive operation.”