Prigo/Wagner have a lot to worry about in Bhakmut. I mean- yes- the Ukrainians do too but at least the Ukrainians are all fighting by having each others back and being on the same side. It is less clear that Russia and Wagner have each other's backs.
Prigo is concerned that the Ukrainians are moving to isolate the Wagner fighters from the rest of the Russians and then eliminate them. Prigo all is rather publicly concerned that the Russian command/Putin might be okay with that or at least not do anything serious to counter it.
Yeh. Not feeling the love in that relationship.
Putin’s Military and Mercenaries Are Getting Slaughtered in Bakhmut
What Wagner Is Saying
Earlier in March, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted that the situation in the city was “difficult, very difficult,” with Ukrainian soldiers “fighting for each meter.”
In a video clip shared online, Prigozhin called on the Russian military to “shield the approaches” to the city.
“If they manage to do so, everything will be okay,” he said. “If not, then Wagner will be encircled together with the Ukrainians inside Bakhmut.”
In a letter dated March 20, Prigozhin asked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for intelligence relating to the Ukrainian military’s plans to launch a new offensive in Bakhmut. Prigozhin also asked the Russian military for help.
According to the available information, the enemy plans to launch a large-scale offensive at the end of March or beginning of April and carry out flanking cutting attacks, with the aim of cutting off the units of the Wagner Group PMC from the main forces of the Russian Armed Forces,” Prigozhin writes in the letter.
“I ask you to take all necessary measures to prevent the Wagner PMC from being cut off from the main forces of the Russian Armed Forces, which will have negative effects for the ‘special military operation.’”
It is unclear whether Prigozhin will receive help from the Russian military given the very public spats that have occurred in recent months between the Wagner leader and Russian military officials.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) also noted this week that video footage emerged over the weekend allegedly showing Ukrainian armored vehicles traveling along a highway 13 miles to the southwest of Bakhmut. The video has sparked concern among the Russians that Kyiv is preparing a new offensive to push the Russians out.
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