Russia's Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin made the dramatic announcement that his forces would abandon their positions in the embattled city of Bakhmut.
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which is Europe's largest of its kind. A rupture of the dam would create "functional problems for the operation of the plant and risks for nuclear safety," a Russian nuclear energy advisor said.Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces would leave the destroyed city of Bakhmut on May 10, announcing the withdrawal in a sudden statement that followed a dramatic video slamming Russia's top defense officials.
Ukraine has refused to relinquish the entirely ruined city, which is often referred to as a "meat grinder," because its officials say that Russian control over it would allow Russian forces much easier access to the rest of eastern Ukraine.Bill Clinton says he believed in 2011 that Putin invading Ukraine was 'just a matter of time'
The names in reference are Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.Prigozhin said that those responsible would go to hell, and that Wagner's losses would be a fraction of what they are had the forces been properly supplied. "Zelenskyy and his team are doing everything in the media space, and in their practical steps, to ensure that any self-respecting country would refrain from talking to them or communicating with them. This is a fact," Lavrov said.
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