INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
his forces still lack ammunition, blaming possible "betrayal."Kremlin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose recruits have been fighting for months
to capture the battle-scarred city of Bakhmut, has been entangled in a power struggle with the Defense Ministry and accused them of
withholding supplies.In a post on social media late on Sunday, Prigozhin complained that Russian reservists meant to deploy to Bakhmut had
usual bureaucracy or betrayal," Prigozhin said in reference to the deliveries of ammunition.Bakhmut has become the bloodiest and
significance.Observers say that both sides are trying to exhaust each other to limit their opponent's ability to mount any further offensive
in the coming months.With Russian forces reporting gains to encircle the city, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War has said
Ukrainian forces may have initiated a strategic retreat from the city."Ukrainian forces are likely conducting a limited tactical withdrawal
analytical note.Prigozhin warned over the weekend that if personnel and ammunition shortages became sufficiently acute, his forces would be
unable to hold captured territory and that this could bring about a collapse in the front."If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, then the
entire front will crumble," he said in another post.The Kremlin claimed last year to have annexed the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine
where Bakhmut is located and has made its complete capture its military priority.
