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Wagner boss says the Kremlin won't talk to him anymore after he complained that Russia isn't giving his troops enough ammo

Matthew Loh   

Wagner boss says the Kremlin won't talk to him anymore after he complained that Russia isn't giving his troops enough ammo
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, said the Kremlin has completely stopped talking to him.
  • Prigozhin claims he was cut off after revealing that his troops in Ukraine are running out of ammunition.

The head of Russia's infamous Wagner Group mercenary organization claims that the Kremlin has cut off contact with him.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known for years to be a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in a Thursday $4 that all of his direct lines to the Kremlin have stopped responding. This was after he complained on Sunday that the Russian government isn't giving his fighters in Ukraine enough ammunition.

"To get me to stop asking for ammunition, all the hotlines to office, to departments, etc., have been cut off from me," Prigozhin said, $4

"But the real humdinger is that they've also blocked agencies from making decisions," Prigozhin added, per CNN.

Prigozhin has over the last week $4, complaining about a "shell hunger."

"I'm knocking on all doors and sounding the alarm about ammunition and reinforcements, as well as the need to cover our flanks," he said in a statement on Monday, per $4

"If everyone is coordinated, without ambition, screw-ups and tantrums, and carries out this work, then we will block the armed forces of Ukraine. If not, then everyone will be screwed," he added, according to Reuters.

$4, where he claimed that the ammunition promised to his troops never arrived. He blamed this logistical failure, without naming anyone, on "bureaucracy or betrayal."

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The press office for Russia's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.



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