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NEW: The Russian Ministry of Defense appears to have deprioritized the #Bakhmut offensive in favor of preparing to defend against an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, putting #WagnerGroup & its financier #Prigozhin in a potentially difficult position isw.pub/UkrWar050523 
2/ #Prigozhin released a series of videos on May 4 and 5 announcing that #Wagner will withdraw from #Bakhmut on May 10 unless Wagner receives the necessary supplies...
3/ ...and launched particularly acerbic and emotional attacks against Chief of the Russian General Staff Army General Valery #Gerasimov, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei #Shoigu, and the Russian MoD establishment writ large.
4/ #Prigozhin’s palpable desperation in the videos, one of which shows the corpses of recently deceased Wagner fighters, marks a significant rhetorical inflection in his continued pleas for increased Russian MoD support for #Wagner in #Bakhmut.
5/ His visible and visceral anger suggests that the Russian MoD has likely deprioritized #Bakhmut and shifted operational focus elsewhere in the theater in ways that may seriously compromise #Wagner’s ability to operate effectively.
6/ #Wagner has not ceased efforts to completely capture Bakhmut despite reduced access to ammunition and other necessary supplies, however. Prigozhin has shown no willingness to switch to the defensive within the city. isw.pub/UkrWar050523
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