Ukrainian servicemen of the 93rd brigade await a fire-mission order for their French 120mm rifled towed mortar (designated as a MO-120-RT-61) position, in Bakhmut on February 15, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
The head of Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said that Russian forces could capture the embattled city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine "in March or in April".
In messages distributed online overnight, he said progress would depend on whether "the adversary sends reserves" and blasted Russia's "monstrous military bureaucracy" for its failure to seize the Donetsk region city before the end of 2022.
