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Nicholas Cecil

Putin ‘private army’ chief accuses Russian troops of ‘running away’ as Ukraine army retakes land near Bakhmut

The chief of Vladimir Putin’s Wagner Group “private army” accused Russian soldiers on Monday of “quietly running away” allowing Ukrainian forces to retake part of a village near Bakhmut in the country’s east.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was scathing in his criticism of Russian troops for losing ground at Berkhivka, north of the town which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Europe since the Second World War.

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