Prigozhin gives occupied part of Bakhmut to Kadyrov

Yevgeny Prigozhin wrote about this on Telegram.

The head of the PMC thanked Ramzan Kadyrov for agreeing to take up positions in Bakhmut instead of Wagner's men.

"I am already in touch with his representatives to immediately begin the handover of positions. On May 10, at 12 am, exactly at the moment when we are expected to fully exhaust our combat potential, our comrades-in-arms will take our positions and continue the assault on the town of Bakhmut," the statement reads.

• The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, wrote a letter to the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry, in which he announced his intention to withdraw his mercenaries from Bakhmut on May 10. 

• The Main Intelligence Directorate believes that he made the withdrawal announcement against the backdrop of his inability to fulfill another promise to capture Bakhmut by May 9.