Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin dismissed Russia’s claims to have inflicted heavy losses on Ukraine in the Donbas when Kyiv attempted offensive action.
Prigozhin said the claims were simply wild and absurd science fiction.
But Russia’s defence ministry doubled down on the claims, saying Ukraine suffered over three thousand seven hundred casualties.
Russia said the attack was part of a Ukrainian long-promised offensive in the Donetsk region, which took place over Sunday and Monday.
Ukraine’s military said that it had no information about a major attack in the region, and that it would not comment on claims it called fake.
