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2023-02-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian officials are denying ammunition to Wagner fighters - group founder

[Reuters via Yahoo] Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's mercenary group Wagner, accused unspecified officials of deliberately denying his fighters sufficient ammunition as part of an ongoing rivalry between himself and parts of the Russian elite.

A onetime catering entrepreneur who once shunned the public spotlight, Prigozhin has assumed an ever more public role in Russian politics since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago, with his Wagner Group spearheading Russia's months-long battle for the town of Bakhmut in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

In a seven-minute long audio message published on Monday by his press service, an apparently angry and emotional Prigozhin said he was required to "apologise and obey" in order to secure ammunition for his troops.

Speaking at times with a raised voice and occasionally swearing, he said: "I'm unable to solve this problem despite all my connections and contacts."

Prigozhin said Russia's military production was now sufficient to supply the forces fighting at the front, and that the supply difficulties his fighters were experiencing were the result of conscious decisions.

"Those who interfere with us trying to win this war are absolutely, directly working for the enemy", he said.

Posted by Unert Angogum9735 2023-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 or maybe there isn't that much ammo left to distribute

Posted by lord garth 2023-02-21 05:25|| 2023-02-21 05:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably some concern about saving enough back to cover your withdrawal.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-21 05:29|| 2023-02-21 05:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Would you put a mercenary group above selling off their ammo if they were bugging out of a losing fight?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-21 08:32|| 2023-02-21 08:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Wagner founder: Russia denying ammunition to its own mercenaries

Obama era coup prevention measure?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-21 08:35|| 2023-02-21 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia's Prigozhin says top brass trying to destroy Wagner

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-21 08:37|| 2023-02-21 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Are shortages and delays common on the battlefield? Do bureaucrats, through their inertia, share the blame? Did we have shortages of ammo in Iraq?

Posted by mossomo 2023-02-21 15:05|| 2023-02-21 15:05|| Front Page Top

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