Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, the leader of the Kremlin-linked military contractor the Wagner Group, has had close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past. Here’s what to know about the Wagner Group leader:
Russian mercenaries and convicts — who made up about 80 percent of the 50,000-person Wagner force in Ukraine,— played a major role in Russia’s efforts to capture the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The winter and spring battle for Bakhmut was the bloodiest phase of the war and came with major losses for Prigozhin’s paramilitary group, who at that time were dying by the thousands, according to The Post.
He has repeatedly slammed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov for not supplying his forces with enough ammunition and for failing to conduct the war effectively, according to The Post.Tensions between the Wagner boss and Russia’s military brass over leadership failures reached a boiling point on Friday when Prigozhin accused Russian forces of conducting a strike on a Wagner camp in Ukraine.
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