AIRLINK 209.90 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (0.17%)
BOP 10.23 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-2.2%)
CNERGY 7.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.30 (-4.08%)
FCCL 33.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.99 (-2.88%)
FFL 17.64 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-2.27%)
FLYNG 21.50 Decreased By ▼ -1.42 (-6.2%)
HUBC 129.74 Decreased By ▼ -2.75 (-2.08%)
HUMNL 13.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.44 (-3.11%)
KEL 4.82 Decreased By ▼ -0.21 (-4.17%)
KOSM 6.90 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-2.4%)
MLCF 43.75 Decreased By ▼ -1.45 (-3.21%)
OGDC 212.50 Decreased By ▼ -5.88 (-2.69%)
PACE 7.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.33 (-4.35%)
PAEL 41.28 Decreased By ▼ -0.42 (-1.01%)
PIAHCLA 16.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.42 (-2.43%)
PIBTL 8.60 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.58%)
POWERPS 12.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-2%)
PPL 183.20 Decreased By ▼ -5.83 (-3.08%)
PRL 39.80 Decreased By ▼ -2.53 (-5.98%)
PTC 24.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.37 (-1.47%)
SEARL 97.85 Decreased By ▼ -6.11 (-5.88%)
SILK 1.02 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.97%)
SSGC 41.57 Increased By ▲ 2.33 (5.94%)
SYM 19.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.31%)
TELE 9.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-2.6%)
TPLP 12.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.80 (-6.11%)
TRG 65.49 Decreased By ▼ -3.69 (-5.33%)
WAVESAPP 11.00 Increased By ▲ 0.28 (2.61%)
WTL 1.80 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (5.26%)
YOUW 4.08 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-1.45%)
BR100 11,866 Decreased By -213.1 (-1.76%)
BR30 35,697 Decreased By -905.3 (-2.47%)
KSE100 114,148 Decreased By -1904.2 (-1.64%)
KSE30 35,952 Decreased By -625.5 (-1.71%)

MOSCOW: Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Sunday he had received “a promise” of more ammunition from the Russian army, after he threatened to pull his frontline Wagner troops out of Bakhmut.

“They promised to give us all the ammunition and armaments we need to continue the operations,” said Prigozhin, following his blistering attack on military chiefs over the situation in Bakhmut, the epicentre of Ukraine’s fight against Moscow’s forces.

He said they had been assured “that everything necessary will be provided” to fighters around Bakhmut.

Russian jet intercepts Polish plane over Black Sea

Prigozhin’s Wagner group has spearheaded the grinding, months-long Russian assault on Bakhmut, almost capturing the city in the longest and bloodiest battle of the campaign.

Prigozhin however threatened to leave his positions in Bakhmut on May 10 due to a lack of weapons, which he blamed on Russian army chiefs.

He warned that he would “pull out Wagner units from Bakhmut because in the absence of ammunition they are facing a senseless death”.

While Prigozhin had made similar threats to pull out in the past, the emotive language used in Friday’s video statement and the scathing personal criticism of the leaders of Russia’s campaign in Ukraine were unprecedented.

The rivalry between his private military group and the conventional army have come to the surface during the battle for Bakhmut.

On Sunday Prigozhin said that “all decisions” regarding Wagner’s operation would be taken by general Surovikin.

“He is the only decorated general that knows how to fight,” Prigozhin said.

Surovikin, an army veteran with a reputation for ruthlessness and who had been praised by Wagner, was named military commander in Ukraine in October.

Only three months later, he was replaced again by Valery Gerasimov, regularly criticised by Prigozhin.

Surovikin then became one of Gerasimov’s deputies.

Comments

Comments are closed.