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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth in Moscow

Boss of Wagner mercenary group accuses Russian army chiefs of ‘treason’

Russian businessman and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has accused Russia’s military of withholding supplies for its operations in Ukraine, in moves that amount to ‘treason’. Photograph: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has accused the country’s top military leaders of “high treason,” saying they have refused to provide him with munitions in an attempt to wipe out his fighting force.

The conflict between Russia’s military leadership and one of Vladimir Putin’s most notorious associates, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reignited as the private military company has struggled to gain ground near Bakhmut, one of the bloodiest sites of the year-old war in Ukraine.

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