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Ukraine wameki washa washa hadi Wagner wanaomba waongezwe hadi wafikie 200,000 maana jeshi la Urusi linapata kipigo sana.
The mercenary Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has called on Moscow to provide him with 200,000 troops in order to halt the long-promised Ukrainian counteroffensive, as assaults by Kyiv troops reportedly pushed past Russian defensive lines and made ground around the devastated Donetsk city of Bakhmut.
Prigozhin—well-known for his public bravado and criticism of the regular Russian military hierarchy—said in a video posted to his official Telegram channel on Tuesday that his Wagner organization is the only armed force capable of stopping the Ukrainian attack, which officials in Russia and the West say may have now begun.
"I need 200,000 people," Prigozhin said, as quoted in an article by The Moscow Times. "Less than 200,000 on the Luhansk-Donetsk frontline will not cope. We are ready to take full responsibility."
Disputes between Wagner and the Russian military over supplies in Bakhmut prompted Prigozhin to begin withdrawing his forces from the destroyed settlement last month. Wagner is believed to have suffered large losses in taking Bakhmut, its numbers bolstered by former Russian prisoners recruited to fight.
Prigozhin urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to announce a full national mobilization to expand its military forces, though added that without an adequate three-month training window, these newly raised units would be "cannon fodder." Wagner tactics have reportedly relied heavily on such "fodder" in Bakhmut.
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The mercenary Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has called on Moscow to provide him with 200,000 troops in order to halt the long-promised Ukrainian counteroffensive, as assaults by Kyiv troops reportedly pushed past Russian defensive lines and made ground around the devastated Donetsk city of Bakhmut.
Prigozhin—well-known for his public bravado and criticism of the regular Russian military hierarchy—said in a video posted to his official Telegram channel on Tuesday that his Wagner organization is the only armed force capable of stopping the Ukrainian attack, which officials in Russia and the West say may have now begun.
"I need 200,000 people," Prigozhin said, as quoted in an article by The Moscow Times. "Less than 200,000 on the Luhansk-Donetsk frontline will not cope. We are ready to take full responsibility."
Disputes between Wagner and the Russian military over supplies in Bakhmut prompted Prigozhin to begin withdrawing his forces from the destroyed settlement last month. Wagner is believed to have suffered large losses in taking Bakhmut, its numbers bolstered by former Russian prisoners recruited to fight.
Prigozhin urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to announce a full national mobilization to expand its military forces, though added that without an adequate three-month training window, these newly raised units would be "cannon fodder." Wagner tactics have reportedly relied heavily on such "fodder" in Bakhmut.
Ukraine offensive has "broken through" Russian lines: Prigozhin
The Wagner Group chief called on President Vladimir Putin to raise 200,000 more troops to stop the Ukrainian operation.