The head of Russia’s mercenary group Wagner challenged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an aerial duel over Bakhmut.

What Occurred: Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Monday, shared a cockpit video and stated he was on a fighter jet that had bombed Bakhmut — which has was an epicenter of combating in japanese Ukraine.

Within the video, Vladimir Putin‘s key ally Prigozhin appeared inside a Su-24 bomber airplane flying in darkness, sporting a helmet and a pilot masks. He stated that he would board a Mig-29 fighter jet the following day.

“We’re touchdown, we bombed Bakhmut,” the businessman and the chief of Wagner stated.

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“You probably have the desire, we’ll meet within the skies. In the event you win, you’ll take Artemovsk (the Russian title for Bakhmut), if not, we’ll go till the Dnipro (River),” Prigozhin stated.

The feedback got here hours after the Ukrainian parliament adopted a decision denouncing the Wagner group, whose males are combating alongside Russian troopers within the Ukraine struggle.

“We’re getting ready to destroy Wagner as a part of worldwide terrorism,” Andriy Yermak, the top of the Ukrainian presidential administration, stated.

The popularity was a “step in the direction of bringing them [Wagner] to justice,” Yermak added.

In the meantime, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Saturday vowed to struggle for Bakhmut “so long as we are able to.”

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