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Yevgeny Prigozhin posted video stating Wagner will continue fighting in Bakhmut and denied Bloomberg reports of being sidelined.

Bakhmut, Donetsk
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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Entities

Yevgeny Prigozhin (person) Wagner (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Mykhailo Podolyak (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Yevgeny Prigozhin posted video stating Wagner will continue fighting in Bakhmut and denied Bloomberg reports of being sidelined.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

'We will exhaust the Russians in Bakhmut and then focus elsewhere'

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russia had concentrated most of its trained military personnel in Bakhmut, along with the most combat-ready private military companies

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.211Z

Source story: day-397-2023-03-28