The reason I don't adress Prigozhin's claims of huge Russian losses is because I never know when he is trolling or when he is serious. Either he says thing because they are self serving to strengthen his position or weakening his competition among the Russian elite. Another alternative is that Prigozhin say things with the silent approval from the Russian leadership as part of a large Russian maskorivka operation. Prigozhin's goal now would then be to convince the Ukrainian side that the Counteroffensive is a success so they continue attacking and deplete their forces as much as possible.