AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Prigozhin, never learned the Shakespearean lesson, “if you set out to kill the King (Putin), you better be successful.” Russian military tried to murder Wagner Forces and the Russians were captured instead. There’s more then one dissenting voice in Russian. Meanwhile, fighting is ongoing in Donetsk. My bets are on Zelensky and the Ukrainians to win.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/wagner-group-release-video-of-captured-russian-commander

Last week, Prigozhin accused the Russian army of trying to blow up his men as they were pulling back from the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut.

The businessman, who is best known as “Putin’s chef” because of his catering contracts with the Kremlin, also claimed his men had discovered explosives, which he said were planted on purpose by defence ministry officials.

The Russian ministry of defence has yet to comment on the footage.

Two close family members of Venevitin confirmed to the Guardian that the man filmed in the video was their relative.

Prigozhin, who has been arguing with top military officials for months, announced last week that his troops had largely pulled back from Bakhmut, most of which they captured last month after taking heavy casualties. The city is now believed to be controlled by the regular Russian forces.

The latest incident again exposes the rifts in Moscow’s war machine. It also comes amid an increase in fighting along the frontlines in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, leading to speculation that Kyiv has launched its much-anticipated counteroffensive.

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