Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, This Friday he threatened to withdraw his troops from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next Wednesday.in the eastern Donetsk region due to the lack of ammunition and the large number of casualties in its ranks.
In a video posted on his Telegram, Prigozhin said, “On behalf of Wagner’s warriors and their command: On May 10, 2023, we will have to surrender the positions in the city of Bakhmut. Reposition fighters behind to deliver to Department of Defense units and lick our wounds”.
“I am withdrawing the Wagner Group units from Bakhmut because lack of ammo is doomed to a senseless deathAddressing the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia, “highlighted”.
Prigozhin, mercenaries they only have 10% of the ammo they need.
I request the Chief of the General Staff to authorize the transfer of the positions that Wagner occupied in the town of Bakhmut to the units of the Russian Army and to inform the date when they will replace us in these positions.” Wagner’s chief.
Prigozhin assured that ready for criticism.
After fighting his warriors for nine months and five days on this front, “There will be clever people who say they should stay longer in Bakhmut. But those who want to criticize something can come to Bakhmut.”
He emphasized that 2.5 square kilometers of the 45 thousand square kilometers area occupied by the city today should be conquered.
“Do not deprive us of victory by not giving us ammunition.You deprive Russia of victoryAnnounced.
Already this Thursday night Prigozhin posted a video. attacks Shoigu and Gerasimov with insults censored by his team with beepsand shows a series of Wagnerian corpses lying on the ground.
He claimed that if Wagner’s units received the appropriate amount of ammunition, the losses would be five times less.
Previously, Prigozhin had already reported that his units were losing about 100 men every day in Bakhmut due to the lack of ammunition..
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov declined to comment on the threat from Wagner’s chief at a daily press conference and referred it to the Defense Ministry.