Fri 05 May 2023:
In a sudden announcement, the Wagner chief says his forces will leave Bakhmut on May 10 after posting a video slamming top Russian generals.
Yevgeny Prigozhin said they were leaving due to heavy losses and a lack of ammunition.
“I declare on behalf of the Wagner fighters, on behalf of the Wagner command, that on May 10, 2023, we are obliged to transfer positions in the settlement of Bakhmut to units of the defence ministry and withdraw the remains of Wagner to logistics camps to lick our wounds,” Prigozhin said in a statement.
“I’m pulling Wagner units out of Bakhmut because in the absence of ammunition they’re doomed to perish senselessly.”
Wagner fighters have spearheaded Russia’s attempt to capture Bakhmut and have continuously complained to Russian defence ministers over the lack of weapons deliveries.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Wagner, declared the withdrawal of Wagner mercenaries from Bakhmut due to a shortage of ammunition. He says Wagner will stay in the city until May 9. pic.twitter.com/bs6QGtMfeh
— Daily Turkic (@DailyTurkic) May 5, 2023
Prigozhin blasts Russian defence chiefs in new video
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia’s Wagner Group, blasted Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov in a video, showing the bloody corpses of alleged Wagner fighters.
Prigozhin said that the defence chief was the reason for the deaths of his fighters and that they have a “70 percent shortage of ammunition”.
“These are Wagner lads who died today. The blood is still fresh,” Prigozhin said, pointing to the bodies around him.
“They came here as volunteers and they’re dying so you can get fat in your offices.”
Prigozhin has been publicly feuding with the defence chiefs since last year, accusing them of incompetence, and deliberately restricting ammunition.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Wagner, is angry that the Russian authorities do not supply ammunition to them while his soldiers are dying in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/h0gNFSYBkG
— Daily Turkic (@DailyTurkic) May 4, 2023
Russia will respond to Kremlin attack with ‘concrete actions’, Lavrov warns
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday’s alleged drone attack at the Kremlin was a “hostile act” and Russia would respond with “concrete actions”.
Russia accused Ukraine of firing drones at the Kremlin in an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin and said the United States was behind it.
But both Ukraine and the US have denied the allegations.
“It was clearly a hostile act, it is clear that the Kyiv terrorists could not have committed it without the knowledge of their masters,” Lavrov told a press conference in India.
“We will not respond by talking about ‘casus belli’ or not, we will respond with concrete actions,” he said.
“Casus belli” is a Latin phrase for an action that provides justification for war.
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