"Wagner" stays in Bakhmut, mercenaries will be handed weapons and ammunition - Prigogine
According to Prigogine, on the night against May 7, Wagner PEC received the first time of the war. Mercenaries promised the required amount of ammunition and weapons. "We are promised ammunition and weapons as much as we need to continue further action. We will swear that everything will be exhibited on the flank, which is necessary for us to" not cut "the enemy. We are told that we can act in Artemivsk [Bakhmut] as we see fit, " - said Prigogine.
According to the chairman of the Wagner PEC, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also provided a mediator between the department and mercenaries of General Sergey Surovikin, whom Putin appointed in October 2022 the commander of the occupation troops in the war in Ukraine. "And this is the only person with the star General of the army who is able to fight. There is no smart more with this star," Maggin added.
On May 5, Yevgeny Prigogin complained about a critical shortage of ammunition at Wagner PEC. He showed the corpses of many fighters who died in the day, on May 4, and swore to the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: Minister of Defense Sergei Shoig and the Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. Soon Evgeny Prigogin announced the release of Wagner PEC from Bakhmut on May 10 due to a shortage of weapons.
He stated that mercenaries plan to transfer positions regular parts of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On the same day, Ramzan Kadyrov proposed to replace Wagner PEC in Bakhmut by Akhmat detachment. According to him, Chechen fighters are ready to occupy the city for several hours. On May 6, the head of the Wagner PEC Yevhen Prigogin said that his units would transfer positions in Bakhmut, Akhmat's detachment from Chechnya.