Wagner plans to withdraw from Ukraine amid differences with the Kremlin, according to media

MADRID, 23 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The founder and owner of the Wagner Group security company, the Russian oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin, would be accelerating the withdrawal of his men from Ukraine, after the Russian Armed Forces have been delaying the shipment of ammunition and more troops to the fronts in the that are found.

The discomfort of Prigozhin, a former ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, comes from afar, after his mercenary organization was prohibited from recruiting in Russian prisons as it had been doing up to now.

Prigozhin recently went so far as to describe the Russian military high command as "traitors" because they allegedly would not be listening to his demands for more men and ammunition, as the group continues to fight Ukrainian forces around the city of Bakhmut.

In retaliation, Prigozhin, whose independence is not liked in the Kremlin, plans to withdraw from Ukraine and resume the group's activities in Africa, where it has several open fronts in collaboration with the authorities of some countries on the continent, according to sources consulted by the agency. Bloomberg.

Despite months of fighting, the Ukrainian forces are repelling Wagner's attacks to seize Bakhmut, a scene longed for by Moscow as it is the center from which the supplies that Kiev sends to its troops on the eastern front depart.

The military commanders seem to have managed to sow doubts in Putin about Wagner's alleged military supremacy, after the Russian president transferred to the Ministry of Defense the exclusivity of being able to recruit among the country's prisons.

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine just over a year ago, Prigozhin had unlimited access to Russian prisons to recruit prisoners who were willing to go to war in exchange for their release if at least six survived. months.

However, many of them did not have the necessary military preparation to undertake an undertaking of this magnitude. According to the British Intelligence service, half of the 40,000 prisoners who were recruited have died.

Last week, Wagner announced a recruitment campaign in sports centers in almost fifty Russian cities, with which they hope to register some 30,000 new volunteers.