Prigozhin's Potemkin 'Victory' Parade Marches Into A Fire Sack Called Soledar

No salt will be mined there

Under pressure to produce results, Yevgeny Prigozhin has gambled his last offensive strength on a small city called Soledar, named for its salt mine. Salt profits do not justify the tens of thousands of casualties being inflicted on the Russian force this way. Even “Putin’s chef” is not such a gourmet as to fight a war for salt.

Soledar is yet one more …