Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the issues of ammunition for PMC “Wagner” remain absolutely unresolved.
“I can’t solve this problem, despite all my acquaintances and connections. Everyone nods somewhere upstairs and says: “You know, Yevgeny Viktorovich, you have a difficult relationship over there. You need to apologize and confess, then your fighters will receive ammunition. To whom to apologize? Whom to obey? 140 million Russians, please tell me who I should apologize to so that my guys die twice as often? – it is said in his voice message in the telegram channel “Prigozhin’s Press Service”.
According to Prigozhin, fighters from other units are also dying, who cannot be covered by Wagner PMC due to “shell hunger”.
At the same time, Prigozhin stated that there is ammunition in the country: “The industry has solved all the problems and is doing what has not been done in terms of volume over the past 80 years all over the world.” At the same time, he claims that he knows warehouses, lot numbers, and box numbers. “I know for sure that these munitions are available,” Prigogine said.
The founder of the PMC also said that when the Russian group was commanded by General Sergei Surovikin, there were no problems with ammunition. “I don’t blame anyone and I don’t want to show anyone. Leave your whims and give ammunition,” he said.
RBC sent a request to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Last week, a video message from a group of artillerymen from the Wagner PMC appeared on the Web, reporting a shortage of ammunition. Commenting on this, Prigozhin said that his fighters did not discredit the Ministry of Defense. “I went around all the offices in Moscow that I know of and will continue to do so until the guys get everything they need. Even if they put handcuffs on me in one of the offices and put me in jail for the so-called discrediting the army, ”he said.