This picture taken on July 4, 2017 shows Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin prior to a meeting with business leaders held by Russian and Chinese presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo by Sergei ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI ILNITSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Wagner Chief Prigozhin Calls for Kremlin Support Amid Soldier Exodus
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the financier of the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, has appealed to Moscow for help ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive and as a British assessment says he faces an impending exodus of troops.
A letter published on Prigozhin’s Telegram channel outlines Prigozhin’s concerns to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu about what might happen in the coming weeks in the battle for Bakhmut.
In the missive dated March 20, Prigozhin claimed that his units controlled 70 percent of the Donetsk town and were continuing their offensive “for its complete liberation.”
But he said that information points to a move “in late March, early April,” by Ukrainian forces which will try to deliver strikes “to cut off Wagner units from the main forces of the Russian armed forces.”
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