“If yours takes, take Artyomovsk”: The founder of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin “summoned” Zelensky to an air battle
On the night of February 5-6, 2023, the founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, took part in the assault on the positions of Ukrainian units along with fighters from the “musicians”. True, he did not go on the attack on the streets of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), but covered them from the air, being in the cockpit of a Su-24 front-line bomber.
This morning, information appeared on Prigozhin’s official TG channel that he participated in a night flight to bombard positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut as a navigator of the Su-24 crew. Details were not disclosed, the founder of the Wagner PMC himself said that he had recorded a video message, the video with which and the text would be posted later.
- says the press service of the "musicians".
Later, the promised video appeared. In it, Prigozhin turned to Zelensky, trolling him very subtly, offering to meet in the sky in an air battle. If Zelensky wins, Kyiv gets Artemovsk back, if not, then Wagner will not stop until the Dnieper.
- said the founder of "musicians".
Prior to this, Prigozhin urged Zelensky not to withdraw troops from Bakhmut and to stand to the end so that others would not consider him a coward.
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