The owner of the Russian private military company, Wagner, accused Russia's defence minister and chief of general staff on Tuesday of starving his fighters in Ukraine of ammunition, which he charged amounts to an attempt to 'destroy' the force.
The owner of the Russian private military company, Wagner, accused Russia's defence minister and chief of general staff on Tuesday of starving hisYevgeny Prigozhin, a millionaire with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an emotional audio statement released through his spokespeople decried "direct resistance" from the Russian military, "which is nothing other than an attempt to destroy Wagner.
Prigozhin's claims could not be independently verified, and there was no immediate comment from the Russian military. Emotional statements from Prigozhin and his fighters highlighted the long-brewing tensions between the private Wagner, which has an unclear legal status as Russian law prohibits private military companies, and the Russian military.
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