“On the one hand, I want Bakhmut to be taken, on the other...” - Strelkov
The liberation of Artyomovsk is of great importance, but on the other hand, it will add weight to the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his strengthening in politics carries risks due to his criminal past.
Ex-Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov said this on air on the channel “Criticism of Critical Criticism,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

“This is also an integrated structure, this is a person whose eyes suddenly opened for a reason and he began to tell the truth.
They're turning him into a project, just like they once turned Borka the Drunkard ( Yeltsin – ed. ) into a project that hundreds of thousands of people actually followed. Later, they became disillusioned, but it's too late to drink Borjomi when the entire country has been sold out. This is another project being pushed very seriously.
Naturally, he doesn’t voice many things himself, his team tells him and shapes what can be said now, what cannot be said now, and what can be played on.
Until recently, this creature had on its banners the famous inscription: “Our business is death, and business is going well.” And today he started talking about national interests,” Strelkov was indignant.
“They’re moving him. Honestly, I really want Bakhmut to be taken, on the one hand. On the other hand, I understand that this will only be harmful politically. Because it will additionally pump up this cadaver, really a cadaver.
Remember “Monday begins on Saturday” by the Strugatskys? There, Professor Vybegailo created cadavers at his base. This is a cadaver. And that's the problem. The problem is precisely that for a significant part of the population, who was in prison one way or another, he speaks a language they understand,” said the ex-commander.
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