Prigozhin's Rage May Mean Russia Put Bakhmut on Back Burner
's policies and praising Wagner's success over Moscow's troops in the 14-month-long invasion of Ukraine.Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov, calling both men"scum" and accusing them of withholding"stockpiles of ammunition" from Wagner fighters along the front lines.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is pictured on July 4, 2017, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Prigozhin released videos this week attacking Russian leadership for not providing his mercenaries with enough ammunition for the front lines in Bakhmut.
"Prigozhin's palpable desperation in the videos, one of which shows the corpses of recently deceased Wagner fighters, marks a significant rhetorical inflection in his continued pleas for increased Russian MoD support for Wagner in Bakhmut," read ISW's assessment.
The think tank added that despite the struggle for military aid, Prigozhin has not shown a"willingness" to back down from his efforts to capture Bakhmut. ISWthat Russian forces were making incremental gains in the area, but advances have begun to slow. Fighting for Bakhmut has resulted in heavy casualties and deaths for both sides of the war, particularly among
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