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Russia’s defense ministry accuses Kyiv of taking advantage of Prigozhin's "provocation"
From CNN’s Uliana Pavlova
The Russian Ministry of Defense said early Saturday that Kyiv is concentrating several brigades for an offensive in the Bakhmut direction, taking advantage of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's “provocation.”
"Taking advantage of Prigozhin's provocation to disrupt the situation, the Kyiv regime is concentrating units of the 35th Marine Brigade and the 36th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) in Bakhmut tactical direction at the initial line for offensive actions,” the defense ministry said in a statement.
Russia says its forces are fighting back.
“The servicemen of the Yug Group of Forces are defeating the enemy with air and artillery strikes," it said.
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