Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the paramilitary group Wagner, said on Sunday (May 7th) that he had "the promise" from Moscow to receive more ammunition and weapons to continue fighting in the Ukraine. On Friday, May 5, Yevgeni Prigzhin appeared furious in a video against the leadership of the Russian army.

He vowed that his troops would leave Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting in Ukraine, if they did not receive more support.