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Ukraine’s counteroffensive to begin next week, says Wagner boss

Service members from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire a howitzer D30 on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]

The head of Russia’s Wagner Group said Ukraine’s counteroffensive will likely start after May 2 as he warned that his mercenary fighters do not have enough ammunition.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Wednesday in an audio message posted to the Telegram app that Ukrainian counterattacks were “inevitable” and that Kyiv is sending well-trained units to the besieged city of Bakhmut, where bloody battles have raged for months.

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