Bakhmut
\nYevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia\u2019s mercenary force the Wagner Group, said Monday that one of his representatives was denied access to the headquarters of Russia\u2019s \u201cspecial military operation.\u201d
\nPrigozhin said on his business\u2019 Telegram channel that he\u2019d written to the commander of the \u201cspecial military operation,\u201d as Russia calls its invasion of Ukraine, about the \u201curgent need to allocate ammunition\u201d to Wagner units fighting in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
\nThen, Prigozhin said, on Monday morning \u201cmy representative at the headquarters had his pass canceled and was denied access to the group\u2019s headquarters,\u201d according to a Google translation of his comment.
\nThe Wagner Group founder said his units \u201ccontinue to smash the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut.\u201d But at the weekend, Prigozhin claimed that his fighters were being deprived of ammunition and that if they had to retreat from Bakhmut, the whole front line would collapse.
\nWagner forces, made up of mercenary fighters and men recruited from Russian prisons who are fighting in return for an early release from jail, have made slow but steady progress in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Fighting is particularly intense in Bakhmut, with Prigozhin claiming last Friday that his forces have \u201cpractically surrounded\u201d the city. Prigozhin has previously openly criticized Russia\u2019s military leaders, however, creating a significant rift between Wagner and the Russian Defense Ministry and Kremlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bakhmut Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia\u2019s mercenary force the Wagner Group, said Monday that one of his representatives was denied access to the headquarters of Russia\u2019s \u201cspecial military operation.\u201d Prigozhin said on his business\u2019 Telegram channel that he\u2019d written to the commander of the \u201cspecial military operation,\u201d as Russia calls its invasion of Ukraine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-317923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n