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RT: Wagner chief reveals losses in fight for key Donbass city
Ukrainian casualties during the battle for Artyomovsk were several times higher than Russian ones, Evgeny Prigozhin has claimed
The head of Russia’s Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin, has revealed that the private military company lost around 20,000 servicemen during the liberation of the strategic Donbass city of Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut, from Ukrainian forces.
In an interview published by Wagner’s press service on Tuesday, Prigozhin said that during the long-running battle he had boosted the company’s ranks with 50,000 inmates from Russian prisons, who were offered the chance to fight instead of completing their sentences.
“Around 20% of them have died,” Prigozhin said. “The casualties among them were the same as among those who enlisted by contract with us.”
This suggests that Wagner’s losses in Artyomovsk, which is a key settlement in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), amounted to some 10,000 former prisoners and 10,000 military professionals.
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WNU Editor: What the Western media is ignoring is Prigozhin’s disclosure that a minimum of 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the battle for Bakhmut.
Wagner Group Leader Evgeny Prigozhin Says The Private Company Lost About 20,000 Servicemen In The Battle Of Bakhmut
Prigozhin Says 20K Wagner Fighters Killed in Battle for Bakhmut — Moscow Times
20,000 Wagner soldiers died in Bakhmut fighting, chief says — The Hill
Ukraine war: Russia border raid, 20,000 Wagner dead in Bakhmut, Americans support giving arms — Euronews/AP/AFP
Around 10,000 prisoners recruited to fight in Ukraine killed: Wagner head — AFP
Russia’s Wagner boss says over 20K troops have died in Bakhmut, Ukraine — NYPost
Wagner mercenary boss warns Russia faces revolution and says 20,000 fighters died in Bakhmut — ABC News Australia