Head of the Wagner Group complains that his troops did not receive medals promised by Putin

O boss Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin complained on Tuesday that most of his fighters had still not received the medals promised by President Vladimir Putin for their participation in the bloodiest battle of the war in Ukraine.

O group depriveof wagnerfrom Prigozhin, led the attack on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, captured last monthof by Russian forces after nine months of fighting.

Putin congratulated wagner and the Russian Army at the time and said thatofonly those who stood out would receive prizes.

But Prigozhin, who has publicly accused the Defense Ministry and its leadership of incompetence and not adequately supplying his forces, said most of his men were not decorated.of.

“Ofs state awards for Bakhmut, only Hero of Russia stars were received. nothing was grantedof to combatants, most ofs fighters. The lists are with the Ministry of Defense,” he said in a statement.of discloseof by your press office.

“Accordinglyof with my information there is an uproar to sign the prizes. toof worldof already forgot that they fought and died there,” added Prigozhin, accusingof the generals of “beautifying themselves with trinkets”.

There was no immediate reaction to criticism from of Ministry of Defence, which has ignoredof their public complaints.

Complaint occurs while Prigozhin remains stuckof in a standoff with the Ministry of Defense over an order to groupIf mercenaries like his sign formal contracts with the ministry before July 1st.

Prigozhin initially refused to sign anything and has since said, without providing details, that he himself is proposingof an alternative contract.