The boss of the wagner groupthe Russian oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin, has exploded against the Kremlin due to lack of ammunition suffered by his mercenaries and has announced the withdrawal of his men from the city of Bakhmutepicenter of the longest and bloodiest battle of the war in Ukraine.

In a video in which he appears surrounded by the corpses of his mercenariesPrigozhin yelled at Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Army Chief of Staff Valeri Gerasimov over the situation at the front, dedicating all kinds of insults.

“These are the members of the Wagner Group who have died today. The blood is still fresh. Listen to me, motherfuckers. They were parents and someone’s children. That trash that doesn’t give us ammunition will have breakfast in hell,” he cries. “We’re 70% short on ammo. Shoigu, Gerasimov, where’s the fucking ammo? look at them motherfuckers“, says Prighozin in the video, shared on Telegram.

Along these lines, he has accused Shoigu and Gerasimov, whom he has labeled “creatures”, of “being in expensive clubs” while their children “enjoy life, making videos for YouTube”. “They think they are the owners of life and that they have the right to get rid of these lives,” he denounced.

“They think that if they have shelters it is because they are entitled to it. They are elementary calculations. If we were given the normal ammunition, there would be five times fewer casualties. They volunteered and they are dying here so that you can fatten up in your offices mahogany”, has riveted.

Threatens to abandon Bakhmut

Subsequently, Prigozhin has announced that his troops will leave Bakhmut next Wednesday given the casualties they are suffering and the insufficient supply of ammunition.

“I declare on behalf of the Wagner fighters, on behalf of the Wagner commando, that on May 10, 2023 we are forced to transfer our positions in the town of Bakhmut to units of the Ministry of Defense and to remove the remains of the Wagner logistics camps to lick our wounds,” he said in a statement.

“I withdraw the units of the Wagner Group from Bakhmut because with the lack of ammunition they are condemned to a senseless death“Prigozhin stressed, addressing” the Chief of the General Staff, Valeri Gerasimov, the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, the Commander-in-Chief, Vladimir Putin, and the people of Russia.

Wahner’s boss, who has been at the center of numerous tensions with the Russian government in the context of the invasion, already recently warned that he might withdraw his forces from Bakhmut after denouncing a high number of casualties due to the fighting and the lack of supplies. “If we can’t resolve this ammo shortfall, we’ll either have to retreat or die so we don’t end up running like rats at the end,” he warned.

The possible withdrawal of their mercenaries from the area could lead to a collapse of the Russian front at Bakhmutwith a significant impact on the entire line of combat in the region, at a time when Ukraine is finalizing its counteroffensive.

The city, located in Donetsk, has been in dispute for months and, according to military experts, the Ukrainian defense has been losing ground until entrenching itself in a small portion of the city, after Russian troops and Wagner’s mercenaries took it almost completely. .