Zelensky revealed how many “Wagnerites” destroyed the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut
Ukrainian defenders in this direction receive all the best.
In Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated 21,000 mercenaries of the Wagner PMC. Another 60,000 militants were injured.
“21,000 Wagnerians were destroyed in Bakhmut, 60,000 were wounded. That is, 81,000 Wagnerians were lost. Unfortunately, we also had losses, but they cannot even be compared,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with journalists.
According to him, the Ukrainian defenders in the Bakhmut direction receive the best and latest weapons that Western partners send to Ukraine.
“I don’t want to talk about the details, but people received all the best, all the latest in this area. The best systems, the best artillery, all the best. I think that it was the most powerful defense that could be formed,” the head of state stressed. .
The situation in Bakhmut – latest news
As UNIAN previously reported, as of June 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced more than 1.5 km near Bakhmut. They occupied the dominant heights in the south of Bakhmut, because of which the invaders were forced to go on the defensive.
The speaker of the eastern group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Cherevaty, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut had achieved the main thing – they exhausted the Wagner PMC.
In total, since the beginning of the invasion, the Russians have already lost about 211 thousand 150 of their soldiers.