Outspoken Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the country's top brass on Tuesday of deliberately starving his Wagner fighters of munitions in what he said was a treasonous attempt to destroy his private military company.
On Tuesday, he appeared to publicly bridle against that pressure, losing his temper and shouting at one point.
He said that senior officials had also declined Wagner's requests for special spades to dig trenches. The defence ministry has previously said that Wagner is not under its control even though the militia depends on the state for some arms and logistics.
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