Head of the Wagner mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin claims Russian President Vladimir Putin is lying to his people about Ukraine's war progress.
Putin has attempted to counter any suggestion that Ukraine is making headway in its offensive and claimed its efforts were failing.
"Huge chunks [of land] have been handed over to the enemy," he added in an audio message posted to his Telegram according to a translation by the Moscow Times. Ukrainian servicemen fire with a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on March 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine."The enemy's 'wave-like' offensives yielded results, despite enormous losses," Vladimir Rogov said in a Telegram post Sunday.
Prigozhin said Ukraine’s ability to not only hold its positions in the East but advance across the Dnieper River and gain territory in Zaporizhzhia was being concealed from the Russian public.
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