The head of the PMC "Vagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin disclosed the details of the operation in an interview. According to him, the Wagnerians fought against superior forces. About 50,000 military personnel of the AFU were killed, another 70,000 were wounded. At the same time the PMCs had 3.2 times fewer dead and 2 times fewer wounded.

During the entire battle in Artemivsk, the Wagner group took in 50,000 prisoners. Of these, 20% died in the fighting and another 20% were wounded.

The goal of the battle was not the city itself, but precisely the "Artemovsk meat grinder." The Wagner Group was to destroy a large number of enemy forces, and that task was accomplished.
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horrible words.
I hope this war was worth it. and after victory, peace will come to the world for centuries.