The aroma of the coup dish that Yevgeni Prigozhin, Putin’s cook, is preparing, has already reached the Ukrainian lines. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the kyiv army has intensified all its operations in the city of Bakhmut during the early morning, taking advantage of the military chaos that has provoked the owner of the Wagner group in Russia.
The Ukrainians, who had already liberated a good part of the flanks of the Donbas city, have also launched into the western neighborhoods. For the moment, and according to some sources, the Ukrainians have penetrated “in some streets” and they have managed to take Russian prisoners.
It is the first tangible consequence on the front of the coup attempt being carried out by the ‘warlord’ Yevgeni Prigozhin. In the Ukrainian military channels they are pulling humor to thank him “for his help to the anti-aircraft defense of Ukraine by shooting down three Russian helicopters“, in reference to the incident in which the Wagners have shot down three Russian aircraft in Rostov, recognized by the Russian air force itself.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the events by noting on Twitter: “Everyone who chooses the path of evil destroys himself. Russia’s weakness on a large scale is obvious.”
The meme industry in Ukraine exploded last night. Many resorted to the old images of the ballet of Swan Lake that Soviet television was broadcasting while the USSR was collapsing. The truth is that Ukraine had been amassing war material in the area for days to push the Russian lines and cut off the main roads that led to Bakhmut, to make it unfeasible for the Russians to supply their units, and ultimately, surround them. But these night events seem to have precipitated the attack actions.