Wagner Group boss threatens Bakhmut pullout in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin (AP)

The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor has threatened to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, accusing Russia’s military command of starving his forces of ammunition and causing them heavy losses.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a millionaire with long-standing links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed that Wagner had planned to capture Bakhmut by May 9.