Prigozhin says he was promised “as much ammunition as it takes”

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group private company, has said that he received a combat instruction - presumably, from the Russian Defence Ministry - saying that the soldiers would receive ammunition and weapons. Source: Prigozhin's press service  Quote: "They promise to give us ammunition and weapons, as much as we need to continue further operations.

They swear to us that everything necessary will be put on our flank so that we are not cut off by the enemy.

They tell us that we can act in Artemivsk [Bakhmut - ed.] as we see fit.

And they give us [Sergei] Surovikin (former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine - ed.) as a person who will make all decisions within the combat operations of the Wagner PMC in cooperation with the Defence Ministry."

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Background:

• On 5 May, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company, wrote a letter to the Russian Defence Ministry, stating that he would withdraw his mercenaries from Bakhmut after 10 May.
• He claimed that the reason for the move was that the Ministry of Defence did not give his fighters enough ammunition, and he did not want his people to be "doomed to a senseless death" because of this.
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine are sceptical about the claim made by Prigozhin.
• Later, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov offered his help in the occupation of Bakhmut. 
• Prigozhin announced that he would allegedly hand over the positions of his fighters in Bakhmut to Kadyrov's soldiers.

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