On March 8, Yevgeny Prigozhin, standing in front of the monument to the T-34-85 tank almost in the center of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) (Bakhmut), answered the question of New York Times journalists whether Bakhmut is the final frontier of the Wagner PMC .
According to the leader of a private military company, nothing lasts forever, and this city could become the last frontier of the “orchestra”. At the same time, this stage will be adequately completed.
Prigozhin also recalled the words of Sergei Shoigu that after the capture of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) , Russian troops would enter the operational space.
At the moment, the world has not yet met a well-trained Russian army, with the units that have not yet entered the battle, having all possible modern weapons and reconnaissance equipment. Perfectly prepared, they wait behind the scenes, at the very opening of the operational space
- said Evgeny Prigozhin.
The Russian businessman also referred to the great mobilization capabilities of Russia, whose fighters can join the ranks of Wagner.
Along with this, Prigozhin appealed to the military leadership of Ukraine, once again asking them to remove women and children from the line of fire and expressing the desire to fight the combat-ready units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Zaporizhzhia and Krasny Liman.
Earlier, the head of Wagner announced that the entire eastern part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) was under the control of his fighters.