Wagner Group chief and a known ally of Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Thursday, revealed a humiliating battlefield setback for Russia.<br /><br />What Happened: The head of the private mercenary said a Russian brigade had run away from the area near Ukraine's Bakhmut without any fight, posing a risk of encirclement by the Ukrainian forces to his troops.<br /><br />"The situation on the western flanks is developing according to the worst of the predicted scenarios," Prigozhin complained in an audio message released Thursday, reported CNN.
