Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of Wagner’s mercenary unit, Yevgeny Prigozhin, are notoriously not best friends. Now the latter made serious accusations against the minister: he would try to destroy his units. According to Prigoschin, the Wagner troops were no longer adequately supplied.
Shoigu and the chief of staff are robbing his fighters of ammunition, Prigozhin said in a voice message on his Telegram channel. That is tantamount to betrayal. “There is just direct resistance,” says Putin’s friend. There was an attempt to “destroy Wagner”.
Söldner’s boss sees his successes as undervalued
Prigozhin has repeatedly criticized the Ministry of Defense for military setbacks for the Russian army. He has also complained that he does not see the merits of his mercenaries being adequately recognized.
Prigozhin becomes unpredictable for the Kremlin
The Kremlin also allegedly restricted excessive coverage of the Wagner boss and his mercenaries. It is suspected that President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly afraid of him. Prigozhin had become increasingly “unpredictable”, so his influence should be limited.
The notorious Wagner mercenary group, which also sends inexperienced prisoners into battle, is also on duty in the heavily contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Losses are high there, there is talk of the “meat grinder Bachmut”.
Source: Krone
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