Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of "Wagner" private military company, threatened on May 10 to withdraw the group's militants from the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, where the Ukrainian army is repelling the attacks of the Russian forces.
This close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that decision by the fact that the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Shoigu, and the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, Gerasimo,v do not supply them with enough ammunition.
