Prigozhin’s criticisms were renewed and prompted an escalation of a long-running feud with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valerigera Semov, who have regularly accused her of starving her forces of ammunition.
Prigozhin appeared next to dozens of bloodied corpses, which he claimed belonged to Wagner fighters. His press service released the music video, in which Sfeir’s voice covered the insulting remarks.
He appeared shouting at the camera, “We are 70% out of ammunition. Oh Shoigu! Oh Gerasimov! Where is the ******* ammunition?
Officials will go to hell, he shouted, before saying that Wagner’s casualties would have been five times less if enough ammunition had been provided.
“It was Wagner’s men who died today,” Prigojen said, the blood still yet to dry, gesturing at the bodies around him. “They come here as volunteers and die so you can grow in your offices,” he added.
And Prigozhin began a public enmity with defense chiefs last year, accusing them of incompetence and deliberately depriving Wagner of ammunition, motivated by their personal hostility towards him. Wagner has been leading the Russian offensive against the town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine for months.
In recent weeks, Prigozhin had refrained from publicly attacking Shoigu, although he continued to point out that deliberate ammunition shortages had increased Wagner’s death toll.
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