Prigozhin has repeatedly criticized 'shell hunger' along the front lines in Ukraine.
, with the troops soon needing to"withdraw in an organized manner or stay and die."
"We are patriots and we will go to Bakhmut while we have the last cartridge, but these cartridges are left not for weeks, but for days," the Wagner head added in the translated excerpt posted to social media. In a separate statement posted by Prigozhin's press account on Saturday, the Russian oligarch said that the Russian Defense Ministry was"countering" the Wagner forces"to compensate for their failures, due to envy."
He said that"shell hunger" had been"artificially created," adding Wagner forces had lost their combat potential after months of fighting in the"Bakhmut meat grinder."Update 05/07/2023 at 6.15 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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