 Fighting with regular Russian troops will not be hard for Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut. Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut are hopeful that Wagner Group forces will be replaced by regular Russian troops, saying the latter are easier to fight because of youth and inexperience. In an interview with the Washington Post, one drone operator identified as Chuck said Wagner troops use unorthodox strategies that make them difficult to predict, while regular Russian forces didn't have the same qualities. Fighting with regular Russian forces is not as hard as fighting with Wagner, he told the Post. Ukrainian troops are bracing for a changing Russian presence in Bakhmut as the Wagner Group's leader Yevgeny Prigozin announced last week that his soldiers would withdraw after Russia claimed full control of the city. By June 1, Prigozin said Wagner mercenaries would be fully replaced by regular Russian battalions. We hand over positions to the military, ammunition, positions, everything, including ration packs. Prigozin said, a Ukrainian commander in Bakhmut known as Chichen told the Washington Post he's looking forward to that switch. It's interesting because the Wagner guys were sitting back in their little bunkers not coming out, he said. The Post reported, whereas the Russians, they're young, they're fresh, they're new and they basically just walk out, then we give them hell.