Wagner chief believes Russia’s military hierarchy is trying to ‘trick’ Putin
The leader of the paramilitary group Wagner on Tuesday accused the Russian military hierarchy of seeking to “deceive” President Vladimir Putin over the offensive in Ukraine, a new illustration of his conflict with the general staff on the day when Moscow commemorates the victory over the nazi Germany in 1945, a highly symbolic date.
“If everything is done to deceive the Commander-in-Chief (Vladimir Putin), then either the Commander-in-Chief will tear your heart apart or the Russian people will be furious if the war is lost,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a long diatribe, once again accusing the army of not delivering the ammunition he needs to take Bakhmout, the epicenter of the fighting in eastern Ukraine.