The founder of the private military company "Wagner", the Russian oligarch 

Yevgeny Prigozhin

invented why his mercenaries are unable to capture Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.

By the way, the leader of the militants calls the city Artemivsk - this is the name it bore until 2016.

In a comment to Russian mass propaganda, he complained about the Armed Forces.

According to him, the Armed Forces organized at least "five hundred lines of defense".

Like, his mercenaries are fighting for every house in Bakhmut these days.

"Artemivsk (

Bakhmut - ed.

) is a fortress in every house. What is it to break through the defense? I will tell you what it is to "break through the defense". Today, they took one house, broke through the defense, and behind this house there is another defense. Is that right? And not just defense. Such lines of defense... How many lines of defense are there in Artemivsk? Probably, if we say 500, we won't be wrong, right? Every 10 meters is a line of defense," said Prigozhin.

According to him, the "Wagnerians" lack armored vehicles and ammunition. 

It will be recalled that British intelligence officers said that

the Russian army has reduced its activity in the Bakhmut area of ​​the

Donetsk region.

In mid-December, the Russian military and "Wagner" fighters took part in their infantry attacks around the city.

However, many of these operations were poorly maintained.