In extraordinary video tirade, Yevgeny Prigozhin attacks defence minister and chief of armed forces
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group has brought escalating tensions with the Kremlin military leadership dramatically into the open after he recorded an expletive-ridden video in a field littered with corpses and blamed Russia’s top defence chiefs for the losses.
“Shoigu, Gerasimov, where the fuck is our ammunition?” he shouts, before continuing to unleash personal insults directed at Shoigu, a longtime ally of Putin. “You scum sit there in your expensive clubs. Your kids are all getting off on life, recording their little YouTube videos,” Prigozhin says, referring to Shoigu’s son-in-law Alexey Stolyarov, a popular fitness blogger.
Still, observers say the latest tirade marks an unusual level of infighting in Russia and comes at a sensitive time when the Kremlin is trying to spread a message of stability and unity in the face of a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. “He always pushes to get what he wants. It is unclear if this latest gamble will pay off,” they said.
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