The founder of PIK Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin explained why his group seeks to gain control over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The corresponding comment was posted by his press service in the businessman's official Telegram channel..

According to him, Bakhmut is the central point of the Eastern Front and a serious logistics center that has unique features..

“The feature of Bakhmut is in its unique historical and geographical defensive capabilities, which include, first of all, the division of the city into several parts by water obstacles. The second feature is that the suburb of Bakhmut is a complex of settlements that create a single defense system.. The third is a unique landscape: ravines and heights that are natural tunnels,” he explained..

Prigozhin added that "

As they say in the commentary, not only people can be accommodated in this network at a depth of 80-100 meters, but tanks and infantry fighting vehicles can also move. In addition, according to him, stocks of weapons from the First World War are stored there..

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As reported, the White House believes that Prigozhin has a commercial interest in Bakhmut and seeks to gain control over the salt and gypsum mines located there..

On January 7, Ukrainian border guards stopped the advance of Russian infantry in one of the directions near Bakhmut.