Russia's
Defense Ministry says its forces are taking part in the battle for Soledar, a town north of Bakhmut in
eastern Ukraine
that is under fire. and recently.This comes after the
leader of
the famous Wagner mercenary
group in Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin,
said that his
forces have full
power there and boasted that only his
forces were involved. Mr Prigozhin will use
every victory to
boost Wagner's reputation as an effective fighting force in the eyes of President
Putin.But Russian
security officials appeared to contradict the
oligarch's controversial claims.
Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in
a daily
military update that:
"The Russian Air Force intercepted Soledar from the north and
south.""The Russian Air Force is
fighting against the enemy. Stormtroopers take part in the
war in the city.” There
is no
name for Wagner's army.Ukraine's
Defense Ministry also said on Wednesday that heavy fighting
continued and
that Wagner's forces had
not breached its
security. If Soledar
fails, it will be a boost
for Mr. Prigozhin. In a statement on Tuesday
evening, he boasted that "no other
group participated in the
arrest of Soledar
except Wagner." Ukrainian and
American officials said Wagner units
made up a large part of
the forces fighting in the
region. (ukraine war news)
Analysts have long spoken of tensions between the military and Wagner, and
Mr. Prigozhin has publicly
criticized the generals for allegedly being out of touch with the realities of the war in Ukraine.
Although it is difficult to know for sure
if a conflict is
happening in the
hall of power, there are
a few indicators.Yesterday,
latest ukraine news Tass news agency reported that Colonel-General Alexander Lapin was appointed Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces. Russian media
said that sources
say the announcement
by General Lapin - he was one of those
criticized by Mr Prigozhin last year -
served as a warning to the oligarch: don't
spoil the
army .But many
people here
quickly congratulate Mr. Prigozhin and Wagner for
the outstanding progress in Soledar.
The famous media
director Margarita Simonyan
joked about
his "goodness", signed to
congratulate Wagner's soldiers, whom she called "my little
children!"ukraine war Similarly, pro-Kremlin military bloggers on Telegram
praised the mercenary group.
The blogger thanked them for "the
emotional impact you gave us tonight".
Another said: "When Soledar
is released from [Bakhmut], it will be a new chapter in
the history of the Russian
army. The first time
an independent military company has shown such
a thing in a
serious military
conflict." ." Military analysts debate the significance of
Soledar's strategy. But if
the Russian
military manages to establish control
of the
country, it will be a symbolic victory for the Kremlin.
In fact, the forces from Moscow failed to take a single
capital from
the Ukrainian forces since the summer of 2022.
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