[HIGHLIGHTS] The head of the Wagner PMC, Prigozhin, said that the Russian Armed Forces benefit from a long battle for Artyomovsk

The long battle for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) is beneficial to the Russian army, says Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner PMC. "Every cry in Bakhmut, every captured soldier, every hundred killed hits Zelensky and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine much harder than the benefits they get from holding the remnants of this city," he said.

According to his estimates, the fighting in the NVO zone destroyed 38 thousand soldiers fighting on the side of the Ukrainian army.