A man stands outside a burning house after shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, on March 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Wagner chief says Russian military unit fled positions near Ukraine’s Bakhmut

By GNNLiberia On May 9, 2023 157

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A man stands outside a burning house after shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, on March 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Pro-Kremlin paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday accused a Russian military unit of having fled its positions near Bakhmut in east Ukraine, now the epicenter of fighting.

“Today one of the units of the defense ministry fled from one of our flanks.. exposing the front,” Prigozhin said, repeating a vow that his Wagner group will leave Bakhmut if the Russian military does not supply more ammunition.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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