BREAKING: Russian mercenary group chief says his forces will withdraw from the battle for Bakhmut next week due to a lack of military support.
's sudden announcement marked the latest dramatic escalation in his feud with Moscow's military leadership. It followed a furious tirade in a graphic video Prigozhin posted to Telegram Thursday night, in which he appeared to be surrounded by dead bodies as he blamed defense chiefs for the heavy losses suffered by his Wagner Group fighters.
Hours after his expletive-laden rant, Prigozhin said he would hand over control of the grueling Bakhmut offensive to Russian army forces on May 10 due to a shortage of ammunition supplies. "“I’m pulling Wagner units out of Bakhmut because in the absence of ammunition they’re doomed to perish senselessly," he said, adding that his forces would"lick our wounds."It was unclear whether Prigozhin's statement was a serious declaration of intent, given his history of sarcasm and reversals, but either way it appeared to represent a new stage in an internal battle that threatened to undermine the Kremlin's hopes of progress on the battlefield.
“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.”HANDOUT / AFP - Getty Imagesor wounded since December, half of those from Wagner.
Bakhmut is still under Ukrainian control despite months of artillery devastation and street-to-street fighting with Wagner force made up of large groups of
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