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Wagner commander warns attack could be ‘tragedy’ for Russia

October 2, 2025

For months, Wagner has been leading the Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, which is the epicenter of fighting between Kiev and Moscow forces.

Prigozhin is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, but as the head of a private military group he is locked in a power struggle with the Russian Defense Ministry.

“We (Wagner) only have 10-15% of the missiles we need,” he said, blaming Russian military leaders for that.

Yevgeny Prigozhin predicted that Ukraine would launch a counterattack in mid-May.

In this regard, he said, “the counterattack could become a tragedy for our country.”

Ukraine recently announced that it was finalizing preparations for a counterattack.

The governor of Bryansk region in western Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine bombed a border village, killing four people and injuring two others.

The day before, a fuel depot in Crimea annexed to Moscow had been targeted and suspected of being attacked by a drone.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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