Hours earlier, Yevgeny Prigozhin published a heated video standing in front of what he claimed were his fighters killed in battle due to a lack of ammunition.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russian paramilitary outfit the Wagner Group, announced on Friday that his fighters will leave the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on May 10 due to a shortage of ammunition.
In a message posted on the press service of Prigozhin’s company Concord, Prigozhin addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.