Russia sacrificing mercenary forces as 'live meat' after Wagner Group warlord loses 'Putin's trust'

Russia's defense ministry is using Wagner forces as "live meat" in the Bakhmut sector as it looks to eliminate the group after Yevgeny Prigozhin lost the trust of President Putin.

"After the battle for Soledar, Yevgeny Prigozhin lost Putin's trust," Wagner expert Oleksander Kovalenko told Fox News Digital. "This is due to the fact that Soledar was captured by Wagner [private military company] PMC at the cost of colossal losses." Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.

"In fact, in Soledar Wagner PMCs lost their main backbone and the operation itself was subjected to massive criticism within Russia," he added.