The founder of Russias Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday implicated the countrys Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff of deliberately denying his fighters of munitions in Ukraine.According to Prigozhin, the Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff gave orders not to supply the controversial mercenary group with ammo or assist it with air transportation.

There is rather just direct blockage going on, Prigozhin stated in an audio declaration published by the Concord Group, another of his companies.

This can be related with high treason, he said, including that due to a lack of ammunition, his fighters were dying en masse.

Wagner mercenaries have actually been spearheading the Russian militarys months-long efforts to record the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has actually ended up being a crucial mental reward for both sides in the dispute regardless of its relative absence of strategic value.

Recently, Prigozhin alerted that the capture of Bakhmut might still take months, blaming Moscows monstrous administration for slowing military gains.

I think its [going to be in] March or in April, Prigozhin said in one of several messages posted on Telegram.

To take Bakhmut you have to cut all supply paths.

Its a substantial task, he said, including that development was not as fast as we would like.

Prigozhin and the Ministry of Defense have actually clashed consistently in the past.

In January, Prigozhin accused the Russian armed force of trying to take credit for Wagner group triumphes in the dispute, claiming that his forces had actually caught the eastern Ukrainian salt-mining town of Soledar without any involvement from the Russian military.