The head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Evguéni Prigojine, attacked the Russian general staff in videos of rare ferocity.

The head of Russia’s paramilitary group Wagner on Friday, May 5, threatened to withdraw his troops next week from the town of Bakhmout, the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine, and accused the Russian general staff of depriving him of ammunition. For its part, Russia announced the partial evacuation of 18 occupied places near the front line, while a fire broke out in Russia’s Ilsky near the Ukrainian border. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from the day of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Wagner Group threatens to withdraw from Bakhmout

Businessman Yevgeny Prigojine vented his anger in several videos of rare virulence, threatening the Russian General Staff to withdraw Wagner’s troops from Bakhmout in eastern Ukraine next week. The head of the paramilitary group also blamed the high command for the “tens of thousands” of Russians killed and injured in Ukraine. If Wagner were to withdraw from Bakhmout, where this organization is at the forefront, the Russian army would be in an awkward position.

For months, Wagner’s chief has accused the Russian general staff of not providing its men with enough ammunition to deny them a victory at Bachmout that would eclipse the regular army, which suffered setbacks last year. If these statements take the form of an announcement, it could actually be an ultimatum: the Wagner boss is used to hot statements and sometimes backtracks.

Questioned by the press about these tensions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied that he had seen “the statements” made by the Wagner boss but declined to comment. For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry in its daily bulletin acted as if nothing had happened and laconically invoked the “offensive” of the men of this paramilitary group in Bakhmout, “supported” by “airborne units” of the regular army.

Ukraine believes Russia wants to capture Bakhmu by Tuesday

As tensions come to light, local fighting continues. According to Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar, Russia hopes to capture Bakhmut by Tuesday, the day it celebrates the victory over Nazi Germany with great fanfare in a grand celebration of patriotic enthusiasm. Ganna Maliar believes Moscow’s new tactic is to “remove Wagner men” to replace them “with parachute assault units” from the army.

Russia partially evacuates 18 occupied locations ahead of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Be that as it may, these disagreements resurface at a time when Kiev claims it is preparing for an imminent attempt to retake the occupied territories. Faced with the “increase in (the number of) Ukrainian bombings,” the authorities installed by Russia in the Russian-held territories in the southern Zaporizhia region have announced the evacuation of 70,000 people from 18 locations. Analysts name Zaporijjia as a possible location for the major offensive that Kiev has been announcing for weeks.

Suspected drone attack in Moscow: Russia again accuses the United States

Thousands of kilometers from the battlefield, during a trip to India, the chief of Russian diplomacy again accused the United States of being linked to an alleged attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin that Moscow claims thwarted on Wednesday. “The ability of our Ukrainian and Western friends to lie is well known,” Sergei Lavrov said, brushing aside denials from Kiev and Washington.

The dome of the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, which was damaged on Wednesday by the crash of a drone during the alleged attack, has also been restored, the Russian Council Presidency said in the evening, citing the press agencies. This incident, unprecedented since the start of the Russian offensive, is part of a worrying Moscow link to the multiplication of attacks of this type. A new fire broke out on Friday at an oil refinery attacked by a drone in a region near Ukraine, like the TASS news agency announced.

Two famous Russian artists jailed for ‘apology’ on terrorism

A Russian court on Friday remanded Evguénia Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriïtchouk, two artists accused of promoting terrorism for one of their pieces, as they crack down on opposition voices in Russia since the military offensive in Ukraine. Last year, Yevgenia Berkovitch, mother of two minor children, published “widespread” verses against the offensive in Ukraine, underscores the accompanying text of a petition by the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta asking for her release.

Home » Video » The accident in Japan of the truck that becomes a transformer and overwhelms everything in its path

Video of a car crash in Japan has attracted a great deal of curiosity and attention on social media special feature what it does really unusual. In this country known for its samurai culture and technology, the Traffic accidents are rare and the statistics prove it. But this video proves that really weird and surprising things can happen in Japan too.

The video was captured by a dashcam installed on a car driving through a tunnel. Another car and a truck can be seen behind it. Suddenly the truck starts to move unusually, suddenly transform and becomes a kind of snow plow that sweeps away everything that gets in its way.

The first victim is his own car in front of the truck that comes thrown off the street in a violent way. The driver who filmed the scene speed up to escape and try to turn at the first crossing. At that moment we can understand what happened to the truck: his Cab completely overturnedthe vehicle continued its march due to an apparent mechanical failure.

It is not yet known how the truck race ended and whether there were any injuries in this traffic accident. However, the video has raised major concerns among social media users, who have wondered how it is possible for a medium of this size to have something like this continued for so long in his insane frenzy without being stopped.

There have been several hypotheses as to what might have happened to the truck and how such a thing was possible mechanical error. Some have suggested it could be a maintenance issue, while others have speculated that the fault might have been caused by a previous accident.

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A group of researchers recommended using your cell phone for less than 30 minutes a week to reduce your risk of high blood pressure, a scientific source reported Friday.

According to the European Heart Journal – Digital Health, “Talking on a mobile phone for 30 minutes or more per week is associated with a 12 percent increased risk of high blood pressure compared to less than this time.”

These devices emit small amounts of radiofrequency energy that are associated with increases in blood pressure after short-term exposure, the experts cited by the European Society of Cardiology source said.

Those who spoke 30 minutes or more a week were 12 percent more likely to have new onset high blood pressure than participants who spoke less than that time. They pointed out that the results for men and women were similar.

The analysis showed that people at high genetic risk were more likely to get the disease.

The results suggest that talking on the phone for less than half an hour reduces the risk of contracting the disease.

Other studies suggest that the mobile phone can increase the risk of falls, sleep disorders, obesity, visual fatigue and other health effects.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is heading for a historic defeat in local elections in England. As of Friday night, the Conservatives had already lost more than 1,000 local council seats. This made it clear that the opposition Labor Party is the strongest force at the local level in the country for the first time since 2002. It won around 500 seats. The British rejected Sunak, a Labor spokesman said.

Some drew comparisons to the 1996 local elections, which preceded former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s landslide Labor victory in the general election a year later. The vote was seen as Sunak’s first test of humor – and this time there will also be a parliamentary election in just over a year. Sky News correspondent Beth Rigby spoke of a “nightmare scenario”.

The votes are still being counted.

In several communities, such as Medway or Stoke-on-Trent, Labor managed to regain a majority – in some cases for the first time in decades. The counting of votes is expected to continue into the night. “The clear message tonight is that the Conservatives have done badly and could end up losing 1,000 seats,” pollster John Curtice of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow told BBC 4 radio station on Friday morning.

Conservative politicians had already staked the figure of 1,000 seats lost before the election – according to media observers, in the hope of being able to evaluate a not-so-bad result later as a success. But now it could really get that bad. It remains to be seen whether the results point to a majority for the Labor Party in the next general election, Curtice said.

tension among conservatives

Prime Minister Sunak, in an early reaction to the result, said it was “always disappointing to lose hard working Conservative councillors”, but it was too early to take stock. At the same time, Sunak spoke of good results in some districts. But observers saw it differently: “Today’s local elections are a disaster for conservatives,” emphasized the Byline Times portal.

A scene featuring cabinet member Johnny Mercer reflected the mood almost symbolically: as the MP for Plymouth was speaking live on the BBC about a “terrible night” for his party, it was announced in the background that the Labor Party would be in charge of the southern harbor from England. in the future. Loud applause caused Mercer to faint into silence.

The hard defeat puts pressure on Sunak, who managed to stabilize the party again in his almost 200 days in office. After the scandals of his predecessors Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, Sunak was able to pick up the conversation not just about young men – and their mistakes. The election result can now ruin the good mood.

accusations

Critics within the party accuse the 42-year-old of lacking the campaign muscle of his predecessor Johnson. Sunak looks deliberately relaxed and intelligent. In conversations with citizens, however, the wealthy former investment banker doesn’t come across as natural as the down-to-earth populist Johnson.

This was preceded by a dispute over the need for identification at the polling station, which was first introduced by the Conservative government. Critics saw this as an attempt to prevent people without identification papers from voting. There is no UK ID requirement.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin is a personal friend of Putin

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The leader of the Wagner group, a group of Russian mercenaries operating in the war in Ukraine, says his soldiers will withdraw from the town of Bakhmut next Wednesday (May 10) due to a lack of ammunition.

The leader of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, 61, recently posted a video of himself walking among the bodies of his dead subordinates, blaming the Russian authorities for the deaths. “Tens of thousands” of his soldiers were killed or wounded, he said.

Russia has been attempting to capture the city for months although its strategic value is in question using Wagner Group soldiers on the offensive.

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said earlier this week that more than 20,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and another 80,000 injured in the Ukraine war since December. Half of those killed were soldiers of the Wagner Group.

In Friday’s statement, Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov of his decision to leave Bakhmut in a cursing speech.

“Shoigu! Gerasimov! Where’s the ammo? You came here as volunteers and die while you get fat in your marble offices!” he said.

The two members of the Russian government were often the target of Prigozhin’s wrath. Meanwhile, various groups among the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are vying for power.

In the statement, Prigozhin said that due to the lack of ammunition, Wagner group casualties “are increasing every day in geometric progression.”

However, he says his fighters will remain in their positions until May 9, when Russia celebrates World War II Victory Day.

In the previously released video, Prigozhin standing in front of his men said he would “transfer positions in the Bakhmut settlement to Defense Ministry units and move the remains of Wagner Group soldiers to logistics camps” to recover from defeats.

“My boys will not accept senseless and unjustified losses at Bakhmut due to lack of ammunition,” he added.

One of the videos released by Prigozhin on Friday appears to have been shot about 2 km outside the center of Bakhmut. The BBC compared ground features, including bushes and posts, to satellite imagery of the site.

Prigozhin uses public relations a lot as a strategy, and his influence appears to have waned in recent months. He has already made threats that he has not followed through on later saying they were just “jokes” and “military humour”.

Last week, he told a prowar Russian blogger that the group’s fighters were running low on supplies and needed thousands of rounds of ammunition.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that he would leave the city

The Kremlin did not comment on Prigozhin’s recent statements.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military says it has seen no change in the intensity of fighting near Bakhmut.

“For months, Prigozhin has been trying to make outrageous statements to draw attention to himself,” Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Command, told BBC Ukraine.

Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Hanna Malyar said Russia is desperate to take Bakhmut by May 9. The war began in February 2022.

Prigozhin has become a key player in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the head of a private mercenary army leading the Russian onslaught.

The group was made up mostly of exRussian soldiers between the ages of 30 and 35, but began recruiting prisoners from penal colonies in 2022 to fill staff shortages, according to information from BBC News Russia’s British intelligence service.

In return, freedom and financial compensation were offered. Also according to the investigation of the BBC service in Russia, lawyers say that sending prisoners to war is illegal in the country.

Despite this, the prison administrations released convicts to fight in Prigozhin’s group.

Russian mercenaries and military men fight side by side against the Ukrainian military.

Prigozhin hails from St. Petersburg, the hometown of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He is the owner of several restaurants in the city and also has a company that makes food for events hired by the Kremlin earning Prigozhin the nickname “Putin’s Chef”.

The battle for Bakhmut has dragged on for months. Ukraine decided to defend the city at all costs in an apparent attempt to concentrate Russian military resources in a location of relatively minor importance.

In February, Prigozhin had posted another picture of his dead troops, blaming army chiefs for their deaths.

Although the military at the time denied intentionally shortcircuiting Wagner’s ammunition, they responded by increasing supplies at the front lines.

US military analyst Rob Lee said on social media that Wagner’s latest complaint about shortages was likely the result of the Russian Defense Ministry’s rationing of ammunition ahead of Ukraine’s expected counteroffensive.

The ministry must defend the entire front line, but Prigozhin’s only concern is capturing Bakhmut, Lee wrote on Twitter.

If the Wagner group manages to take the city, Prigozhin can claim political credit, Lee added.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin became known as “Putin’s cook”.

Ukrainian counteroffensive

The head of the mercenaries himself predicted that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will begin on May 15, as tanks and artillery will be able to advance in dry weather after the last spring rains.

In another move, Prigozhin appears to have hired an army general who was recently fired as head of logistics.

Colonel Mikhail Mizintsev has been dubbed the “Butcher of Mariupol” for his role in last year’s bombing of the southern Ukrainian port city that was captured by Russian forces a year ago. He has been responsible for logistics since September last year.

Prigozhin pointed out that the general did his best to supply the mercenaries with ammunition and cooperated in the group’s efforts to recruit convicted prisoners into its ranks.

But Prigozhin was previously filmed in a Russian prison telling inmates they would be released from prison if they served with his men in Ukraine prior to Mizintsev’s appointment as logistician.