Vladimir Putin's "head chef" turned into a "butcher" issues accusations of treason against the Russian state, as he is on the front line of the war in Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads the private mercenary group Wagner, says he is not getting the weapons he needs to take full control of the city of Bakhmut.
"Warriors come to me and say: director, the delay in supplies could be intentional by some in the Ministry of Defense, or even higher, to explain to everyone in Russia why these difficult times are happening? What if they want to work behind our backs and say that we are the bad guys and that's why they don't give us ammunition, weapons and opportunities to recruit new members, including those from prisons?" Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the group, said. of mercenaries Wagner.
He further added that his mercenaries have surrounded the city of Bakhmut, as he warns that if they retreat due to lack of ammunition, they will go down in history as the fighters who took the main step towards losing the war. Currently, relations between the Russian state and the Wagner group are tense, while Prigozhin, a month ago, directly accused the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, of treason, for the delay in arms supplies.
There are also clashes in the other camp. According to German media Bild, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has clashed with his wartime general, Valery Zaluzhny, after demanding a tactical withdrawal from the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk, where bloody battles have been taking place for months.
Kiev's army has 10,000 troops deployed, according to Russian media citing local officials. So, there is war in other regions as well, with alarm sirens sounding all over Ukraine. Kiev forces announced the downing of 13 drones out of 15 launched overnight, as well as the destruction of 3 Russian bases in Zaporizhia and the Russian region of Bryansk. Moscow has announced that other attacks were carried out by Ukraine in Kursk and Belgorod.