The commander of the mercenary Wagner Forces fighting alongside Russian army troops in Ukraine offered to provide the Ukrainian military information about the location and strength of Russian forces in exchange to easing up on attacks on exhausted Wagner troops around Bakhmut, the Washington Post reports.
Yevgeniy Prigozhin made the offer in January through contacts he’s maintained through the war within the Ukrainian military intelligence ministry. The Ukrainians did not pursue the offer, which Ukrainian officials say was made multiple times, partly because they did not believe Prigozhin would provide actionable information.