Kremlin Likely Pitting Allies Against One Another in Ukraine: ISW
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on Thursday said recent statements from Chechen officials that are critical of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin could be an effort by the Kremlin to undermine the mercenary boss.
Prigozhin emerged in the later months of 2022 as a major factor in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
After the formal Russian military suffered a string of high-profile battlefield defeats, Prighozhin’s Wagner mercenaries—which included a large number of prison recruits—began to turn the tide of the war for Russia.
After claiming victory in the city of Soledar, Wagner began focusing its efforts on Bakhmut, though Prigozhin has threatened to pull out of the city multiple times after saying Moscow is not providing him with sufficient ammunition.
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