Wagner Chief Again Threatens Bakhmut Pullout Over Supplies
- Wagner chief threatens pullback on May 10 on shell shortage
- Appeals to Putin for help in public conflict with officials
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Source: AP
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In an expletive-laden video filmed in front of a field of corpses, Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the army Valery Gerasimov of failing to supply his troops in Ukraine with enough ammunition.
He said he will pull his forces out of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where they’ve been fighting since late last year, on May 10 if he doesn’t get more munitions. That threat came in a separate written appeal to President Vladimir Putin published Friday, echoing a warning he issued late last month.