Posted on 05/05/2023 4:35:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Standing in a field of corpses, Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday published an expletive-ridden video personally blaming top defence chiefs for losses suffered by his Wagner Group fighters in Ukraine.
Prigozhin's tirade reignited and escalated a long-running feud with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, whom he has repeatedly accused of starving his forces of ammunition.
Prigozhin appeared next to dozens of bloodied corpses that he said were those of Wagner fighters. His expletives were bleeped out in the video published by his press service.
"We have a 70% shortage of ammunition. Shoigu! Gerasimov! Where is the ******* ammunition?" he yelled into the camera.
Those responsible would go to hell, Prigozhin shouted, before saying that Wagner's losses would be five times smaller if it was adequately supplied.
"These are Wagner lads who died today. The blood is still fresh," Prigozhin said, pointing to the corpses around him. "They came here as volunteers and they're dying so you can get fat in your offices."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Video of Prigozhin’s meltdown with subtitles at the link. Not a happy camper.
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1654266075968684032
Never get involved in a ground war in Asia. And especially so if you are a mercenary for hire.
This “schism” has been going on so long it sounds artificial
Russkiy Mir sewage. The sooner they leave Ukraine the better.
First rule of the Army: Never volunteer.
Doesn’t smell like victory for the Muscovites, does it?
Obviously, Prigozhin is just part of a vast left-wing propaganda conspiracy.
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Respect for his passion. Looks sincere. But all con artists can do that.
Watched a Wagner Group recruiting video of him this week. He was pitching Wagner service to the convicts. Seemed sincere there too.
Well, at least he kept his recruiting promise of no more jail time.
Prigozhin 2024
“WHERE are the tax cuts!?”
“WHERE are the budget cuts?”
“WHERE is deregulation?”
“We are lacking 70% of the needed ammunition!” Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app.
Shining a small flashlight on the corpses laying outdoors near what appears to be the front lines of the war, Prigozhin claims they are the casualties of just one day of fighting.
“Shoigu, Gerasimov, where … is the ammunition?” says Prigozhin, calling out Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the Russian armed forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov.
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