The head of Russia’s mercenary group Wagner said he has received “a promise” of more ammunition after he threatened to pull his fighters out of Bakhmut earlier this week.
“They promised to give us all the ammunition and armaments we need to continue the operations,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Sunday.
He added they had been assured “that everything necessary will be provided” to fighters around Bakhmut and that General Sergei Surovikin will from now on take “all decisions concerning Wagner’s military operations in cooperation with the defence ministry”.
“He is the only decorated general that knows how to fight,” Prigozhin said.
In a series of extraordinary videos on Friday, Prigozhin said he would withdraw his fighters from Bakhmut “to lick our wounds” and avoid “facing a senseless death”, after he angrily accused Kremlin officials of withholding ammunition.
“On May 10, 2023 we will have to hand over our positions in Bakhmut to units of the defence ministry and withdraw Wagner units to rear camps to lick our wounds,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a statement on Telegram.
“I will pull out Wagner units from Bakhmut because in the absence of ammunition they are facing a senseless death,” he said, adding that he was waiting for “orders to leave Bakhmut”.
Earlier on Friday morning, Prigozhin released a shocking video (GRAPHIC WARNING) in which he appeared surrounded by the dead bodies of Wagner fighters.
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