WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USA is of the view that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, who’s the founding father of Russia’s strongest mercenary group, is concerned with taking management of salt and gypsum from mines close to the Ukrainian-held metropolis of Bakhmut, a White Home official stated on Thursday.
There are indications that financial motives are driving Russia’s and Prigozhin’s “obsession” with Bakhmut, the official added. Prigozhin is the proprietor of personal Russian army firm Wagner Group.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; writing by Kanishka Singh; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)
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