Prigozhin claimed Wagner possesses large stocks of weapons captured from Ukrainian forces during the seizure of Soledar in January 2023.
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Prigozhin claimed Wagner has captured weapons from Soledar sufficient for a million-strong army
The unnamed man provided geolocations of Ukrainian positions to Russian agents, who then used the intelligence to plan operations involving aerial bombs, artillery, and assault attacks
The Ukrainian man, a resident of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, was detained in May 2023 as he was actively conducting reconnaissance near a military facility
He was originally recruited by a staff member of Russia's intelligence service and promised payment
He regularly communicated with Russian agents using an anonymous account through a messenger app and deleted text conversations to avoid detection
According to Yurii Hut, the biggest failure of his restaurant career happened a month before the Iskander missile strike. The French ambassador, accompanied by local officials, had lunch at Ria Pizza.
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