"Most important papers" ready: Prigozhin: Ammunition delivery for Wagner is running

Mercenary chief Prigozhin insults the Russian military leadership and speaks of high treason when no supplies are delivered to his troops.

"Most important papers" ready: Prigozhin: Ammunition delivery for Wagner is running

Mercenary chief Prigozhin insults the Russian military leadership and speaks of high treason when no supplies are delivered to his troops. Even the Russian people are said to step into the breach for Wagner. His approach is successful: according to him, everything is ready for an early delivery of ammunition.

After his sharp criticism of the supply by the Russian army, the head of the Russian mercenary force Wagner announced that ammunition would soon be delivered to his fighters in the Ukraine. "Today at 6:00 a.m. they announced that the delivery of ammunition would begin," said Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to a statement circulated on online networks. The "most important papers" have already been signed.

Prigozhin on Tuesday accused Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of committing "high treason" by failing to deliver the equipment demanded by the mercenaries. There is a "frontal opposition" among the military leadership to his troops, which is "nothing less than an attempt to destroy Wagner," said Prigozhin.

The day before, in an unusual move, he called on his compatriots to support his demand for ammunition and to put pressure on the army. There are enough projectiles, "but career-seeking politicians, scumbags, bastards have to sign first" so that they can be delivered, Prigozhin complained in an audio message.

On Thursday, Prigozhin thanked everyone "who exerted pressure and made decisions" - "even at the highest level". The delivery of ammunition will save the lives of "hundreds, if not thousands" of people who are "defending their fatherland" in Ukraine, said the Wagner boss. The unprecedented call by the Wagner boss was taken as further evidence of the extent of the tensions between the mercenary force and the Russian general staff.