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Feb 23 (Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, said on Thursday that his troops Russia started buying additional ammunition after an open dispute with the high-ranking army of his army.
“Today at 6 o’clock in the morning, it was announced that the transportation of ammunition has started,” Prigozhin said in a statement on Telegram.
“The ball is probably rolling now. “For now, everything is on paper, but as we were told, the main documents have already been signed.”
Prigozhin, once an out-of-the-ordinary caterer, has taken on a more public role since the war in Ukraine broke out a year ago, with his Wagner Group in Russia of Ukraine He leads the months-long battle for the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region.
Russia in recent days military A long-standing feud with his superiors became acute, Prigogine claimed that officers denies Wagner ammunition due to personal animosity.
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On Tuesday, he met Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov accused them of “treason” and claimed that they were behind the shortcomings.
In a voice message on Tuesday, an angry and emotional Prigozhin said: “General staff chief and the Secretary of Defense are giving orders left and right not only to cut off ammunition to the Wagner PMC, but also to weather don’t help with transportation.”
Prigozhin wrote in a message on Thursday: “Thank you very much to those who acted in different ways – ordinary citizens who did their best and those who exerted pressure and made decisions, including those in high positions … they began to give us ammunition. Thank you. Thank you guys.”
Russia President Vladimir Putin during his annual address to the nation on Tuesday Russia called for an end to internal competition.
“We must get rid of any inter-departmental conflicts, formalities, grudges, misunderstandings and other nonsense”, – Putin political and military he said in front of the elite.
Reuters report; Edited by Guy Faulconbridge
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2023-02-23 11:26:27
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