His frequent complaints are unprecedented for Russia’s tightly controlled political system, in which only Putin could air such criticism. Prigozhin also has singled out Shoigu for withering criticism while accusing Russian military leaders of incompetence. Valery Gerasimov, with curses and accusations of failing to provide ammunition. Troops purported to be Wagner contractors in Ukraine recorded a video in which they showered the chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, Gen.
He has repeatedly complained the Russian military failed to supply Wagner with sufficient ammunition to capture Bakhmut and threatened to pull out his men. Prigozhin claimed full credit in January for capturing the Donetsk region salt-mining town of Soledar in Ukraine and accused the Russian Defense Ministry of trying to steal Wagner’s glory. accusation is true, Wagner’s reach for North Korean weapons may reflect its long-running dispute with the Russian military leadership, which dates to the company’s creation. HOW HAS PRIGOZHIN CRITICIZED RUSSIA’S MILITARY? Both Wagner and North Korea denied the reports. In December, Washington accused North Korea of supplying weapons, including rockets and missiles, to the Russian company in violation of U.N. assesses that Wagner is spending about $100 million a month in the fight. official says nearly half of the 20,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine since December have been Wagner’s troops in Bakhmut. has estimated Wagner had about 50,000 personnel fighting in Ukraine, including 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts. He didn’t say whether these numbers included convicts. He said he had 50,000 men at his disposal “in the best times,” with about 35,000 on the front lines at all times. In the interview in May, he said he had recruited 50,000 convicts, about 10,000 of whom where killed in Bakhmut a similar number of his own fighters have died there. Prigozhin toured Russian prisons to recruit fighters, promising pardons if they survived a half-year tour of front-line duty with Wagner.
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