According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces have reviewed their priorities in Ukraine. The capture of Bakhmout, a key Kremlin objective since the beginning of the conflict, has been sidelined as Moscow prepares for Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the spring.
Can this reversal explain the anger ofYevgeny Prigozhin ? The boss of Russian paramilitary group Wagner violently attacked the command of the army Kremlin this Friday in three videos in which he blames in particular the lack of ammunition that would lead to the deaths of his militiamen on the battlefield.
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Yevgueni Prigojine didn’t stop there and threatened to withdraw his fighters from the city BachmoutScene of violent clashes between Russian forces and those of Kyiv for ten months, where Wagner’s militiamen are on the front line.
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Wagner in “potentially tricky situation”
According to the American organization Institute for the Study of War (ISW) The conquest of Bakhmout would no longer be a short-term goal for the Russian General Staff. His priority from now on would be to prepare the best possible Ukrainian counteroffensive, announced as imminent, and therefore to reduce military operations of its regular army until that date, the ISW’s latest report indicates. The ISW notes a change in strategy that puts Wagner in “a potentially tricky situation”.
“The massive losses Wagner suffered at Bakhmut in the name of tactical gains, coupled with the Russian military’s general move towards a more cautious stance in preparation for defensive operations, appear to present Ukrainian forces with opportunities for successful counterattacks,” the American think tank also writes .