Posted on 05/01/2023 1:06:23 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The head of the Wagner private militia on Monday renewed his appeal to Russia's defence ministry to increase ammunition shipments to his fighters trying to seize the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has frequently clashed with Moscow's defence establishment over the conduct of Russia's campaign in Ukraine and what he says is insufficient support being provided to his Wagner soldiers.
In a video posted on his Telegram channel, Prigozhin said he needs at least 300 tonnes of artillery shells a day for the assault.
"Three hundred tonnes a day is 10 cargo containers - not a lot at all ... But we are being given no more than a third of that," Prigozhin said as he inspected boxes of rifles in a warehouse he said was in the town of Soledar, to the northeast of Bakhmut.
Bakhmut, which had a pre-war population of over 70,000, has been levelled by months of artillery shelling and urban combat between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers. Prigozhin claimed on April 11 his forces, which are leading the assault, controlled more than 80% of the city.
Wagner is not part of Russia's official armed forces, and Prigozhin has previously accused the defence ministry of "betraying" his fighters - and Russia's overall war aims - by not providing sufficient ammunition.
In an earlier video in front of a destroyed building in Soledar, Prigozhin said Monday was the anniversary of Wagner's founding, and that if the group was destined to die, it would be "not at the hands of the Ukrainian army or NATO but because of our domestic bastard-bureaucrats".
There was no immediate response from Russia's defence ministry to Prigozhin's statements.
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Bakhmut has been liberated and there is no counteroffensive in sight. Take a few weeks off.
Prigo snubbed from May 9 Red Square victory parade. LOL!
Why on earth would Putin want a bunch of criminals and mental cases at his 🎉 party 🎈? Keep them n the field killing Lessors.
I’ve read that the Wagner group suffered such heavy losses that it will soon just be reassigned to the regular Russia forces because it is not really capable of performing military operations on its own.
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Then why is Prigozhin begging for more ammo from Moscow?
According to some people here, the Russians already capture Bakhmut.
Liberated by Wagner Group mercenaries? You take a week off.
Why would Putin want to invade Ukraine and kill Ukrainian citizens?
Maybe stop the “spray-and-pray” firing method and use a short burst technique.
Do Russian weapons have a 3 round burst selection on their weapons like the M-16?
He didn’t
He isn’t
May prigo take it personally
May it be so!
Trigger control. It’s a thing. Always laughed at the 3 rnd burst thing.
Wagner just chased the Zelenskies back to Kiev. How exactly does that work with no ammunition?
Prigozhin as said they will leave the city and go back to Africa where things are more luxurious unless they get more ammo.
Then there is the 3 way war for top Putin dog between Prigozhin, the RGF (MoD Shoigu) and the FSB. All a mutual hate fest.
Prigozhin openly has said he wants the UA offensive to defeat the RGF because that is another way out for him and into Putin’s lap.
The RGF want to take Bakhmut without Prigozhin and climb back into bed with the leader.
The FSB is wants them both gone so its leaders can take over and get back into Putin’s good graces after the disastrous information they gave him at the start of the war.
What? They still didn’t seize that dicktown? Must be part of the Putin master plan.
You are a childish liar.
Chased them back to Kiev? When he’s crying he can’t even take Bachmut which is far from anything?
Your a jerk and it’s sad if anyone listens to such a liar as you.
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