"We are patriots and we will go to Bakhmut while we have the last cartridge, but these cartridges are left not for weeks, but for days," the Wagner head added in the translated excerpt posted to social media. In April, Prigozhin threatened to withdraw his fighters from Bakhmut, with the troops soon needing to "withdraw in an organized manner or stay and die."
patriot system behind downing of Russian hypersonic missile: Ukraine Bakhmut on fire as Ukraine accuses Russia of using "phosphorus bombs".Russian TV pundit calls for fomenting violent attacks against White House."The soldiers are on alert, we are just waiting for orders," he wrote, adding that he had "already begun to develop our strategy of action" with the Russian Defense Ministry. Writing on Telegram, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said his fighters were "ready to advance" to Bakhmut, and that he had written to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Saturday, Prigozhin said in a statement that at midnight on May 10, Wagner forces would be relieved by Chechen special forces, which is "the moment when, according to our calculations, we will completely exhaust our combat potential." The Russian billionaire has railed against "shell hunger," or a shortage of munitions provided to the Wagner fighters on the front line. He has previously accused the Russian Defense Ministry and the top Russian military commanders of "high treason" and of attempting to "destroy" the Wagner Group. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, said on Sunday that the mercenary fighters would receive "as much ammunition and weapons as we need to continue hostilities." Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
Russian billionaire and businessman, Concord catering company owner Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum SPIEF2016 on Jin Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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