Wagner Chief Announces That “Bakhmut” is Over – Wagner Wins

It’s unclear why Zelensky continued to send wave after wave of soldiers to die in this city, while knowing it couldn’t be captured, and knowing that the best outcome for the Ukraine was to kill some murderers and thieves.

Virtually the entire Wagner ground force is made up of convicted criminals who have been given pardons in exchange for fighting in the Ukraine. Killing these men does nothing but save Russia money. Conversely, the Ukraine is running out of soldiers and has been forced to press-gang teenagers on the streets of Kiev.

What it looks like is that Zelensky was purposefully trying to get as many men as possible killed.

RT:

The head of Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhin, has announced a milestone achievement in the battle for the city of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut), publishing a video allegedly taken in front of the town’s administrative building on Sunday evening.

“We hoisted the Russian flag with the inscription ‘Good memory to Vladlen Tatarsky’ and the flag of PMC Wagner on top of the city administration of Bakhmut,” Prigozhin said in the clip.

Prigozhin’s announcement comes just hours after prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksim Fomin) was killed in an apparent improvised explosive device blast in a café in St. Petersburg on Sunday afternoon.

“Legally speaking, Bakhmut is taken. The enemy is concentrated in the western districts,” the head of the PMC added.

It sounds like it might be a bit premature. He’s admitting some districts still have a hohol infestation, and Russia has controlled the majority of the city for months now.

But it’s inevitable.

When the city is finally cleared and they know there won’t be anyone at their rear, Russia has a straight shot to the river, and can finally just seal the place up.

Who knows how long it will actually take. Zelensky has made it clear that there is no number of Ukrainians he’s not willing to sacrifice. But eventually, there just won’t be any more men.

Soon, the West is going to have to decide whether to commit troops and fight Russia directly or surrender.