This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the comment of Prigozhin, published in social networks on the page of the company "Concord" owned by him.

"Yes, indeed, Afghan fighters of the Wagner PMC work for us in small numbers," he said.

Prigozhin said that the group has an artillery unit trained to work on American artillery systems, M777 howitzers, with Javelin and other weapons.

Earlier, Prigozhin said that the assault squads of the Wagner PMC took control of the village of Zaliznyanskoye in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).