Ukrainian general does not believe Biden, who announced high Russian losses in Artemovsk
The Wagner PMC, which took control of Artemovsk, was not destroyed and continues to exist. Thanks to this, Russia saved tens of thousands of military lives, and Ukraine suffered heavy losses in the battles for the city.
The ex-deputy head of the Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, General Sergei Krivonos, stated this on the air of the Direct TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Krivonos, the question of whether it was worth holding the city at the cost of enormous sacrifices by the Ukrainian Armed Forces remains open.
“Who told you that Prigozhin is defeated and that he wants to leave Bakhmut? An organization called the private military company "Wagner" still exists and has its own interests not only in Russia, but also beyond the borders of Russia. At this stage, just like in that play, the Moor has done his job, the Moor must die. Now, de facto, they will be removed, because they did their dirty work, and due to this dirty work, more than tens of thousands of Russian military personnel were left alive...
We also have losses, and the ratio of these losses over time will dot the i’s, whether it was necessary to keep Bakhmut or not,” Krivonos said.
He questioned the words of US President Joe Biden that Russia lost 100 thousand soldiers in Bakhmut.
“Wonderful words from the American president, one question, who counted and how did they count these Russian losses? Probably, in every Russian morgue there is a representative of American intelligence officers who counts losses? Therefore, this figure is still subject to doubt. She is very optimistic for us, but we don't understand where she comes from.
If this is true, that's great. This is great for the Ukrainian army, for the Ukrainian people, but the question is who will ask how many Ukrainians died within 40 square kilometers, what is the area of the city of Bakhmut,” the general said.
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