Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner’s mercenaries, released a shocking photo that he said showed how many of his fighters had been killed in one day, again accusing the Moscow command of not supplying enough ammunition to his paramilitary formation.

He said the ammunition problems he noted earlier this week now meant Wagner’s group had no official status in the Russian military, and said either Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu or head of state Major Valery Gerasimov must sign the necessary documents to resolve the issue. situation involving bullets.

“None of them wants to sign because we formally do not exist,” Prigozhin said, quoted by Anadolu Agency.

In support of his accusations, he published a photo of dozens of dead fighters, claiming that these were the losses of the “Wagner” PMC mercenaries only on Tuesday in the battles around the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region. The photo was widely shared on Twitter.

“This is one of the places of concentration of the dead, these are the guys who died yesterday due to the lack of shells. There should have been five times less,” he said in the audio recording that accompanied the photo, Meduza reports.

He also published a request to Gerasimov for the necessary ammunition. Shells are not included in this list, but Prigozhin claims that it shows how much ammunition the units of his military group need and how much they were promised.

“Point one, you need 105,000, they give 3,600. Point three, you need 7,600, but they give 600,” said “Putin’s cook.”

Harsh accusations of Prigozhin against the leaders of the Russian army

On Tuesday, Wagner’s mercenary commander significantly escalated his rhetoric against the military leadership in Moscow, making unprecedented accusations against Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Army Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.

Speaking about the ammunition problems of his mercenaries, Prigozhin declared that it was “an attempt to destroy Wagner’s private army, a fact comparable to treason.” Meanwhile, Wagner’s private army continues to take part in the bloody battle for Bakhmut and loses hundreds of fighters every day.

Prigozhin wrote in his Telegram channel that Shoigu and Gerasimov were forbidden to supply his fighters with ammunition and to “help them move the air.” “There is just direct opposition. This can be equated to treason,” Yevgeny Prigozhin emphasized.

The photo he posted today came after the Russian Defense Ministry denied allegations that it had blocked the supply of ammunition to the Wagner PMC mercenaries fighting around Bakhmut “despite the difficult weather conditions in the area of ​​the city of Artemivsk (Russian name)” the previous evening. for Bakhmut)”.

The military command in Moscow also stated in a press release that Wagner’s mercenaries had been supported in combat by 18 sorties of Russian fighter jets in recent days and that “all alleged statements on behalf of the airborne assault units about the lack of ammunition are absolute.” falsehood”.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia emphasized that it “pays special, constant and primary attention to providing volunteers and servicemen of the airborne assault units with everything they need,” referring to the mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC.

The Kremlin on Wednesday refused to intervene in the dispute between the two sides.

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