Yevgeny Prigozhin has said capturing the nearby Donetsk city of Soledar would be the 'the cherry on the cake.'
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the financier of the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting for Moscow, views the battle of Bakhmut as a bid to capture resources in the neighboring area, the Institute for the Study of War said.
The U.S. has previously accused Russian mercenaries of exploiting natural resources in countries including the Central African Republic, Mali and Sudan to help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine, although this has been rejected by Moscow.
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