Russia-Ukraine updates: Wagner chief says Moscow promised arms

Reports say multiple blasts rocked Crimea following drone attacks as night-time raid alerts are issued in Ukraine.

This video grab taken from a handout footage posted on May 5, 2023 on the Telegram account of the press-service of Concord -- a company linked to the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin -- shows Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing the Russian army's top brass standing in front of Wagner fighters at an undisclosed location. - The head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner on Friday threatened to pull his fighters from the front line in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on May 10, saying ammunition shortages meant they faced "senseless death". "On May 10, 2023 we will have to hand over our positions in Bakhmut to units of the defence ministry and withdraw Wagner units to rear camps to lick our wounds," Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a written statement on his Telegram channel. (Photo by Handout / TELEGRAM/ @concordgroup_official / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TELEGRAM CHANNEL OF CONCORD GROUP" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Telegram channel of Concord group" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
The head of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, expects more weapons to reach the battlefield [Handout/Telegram/ @concordgroup_official/AFP]

By Arwa Ibrahim, Federica Marsi and Hafsa Adil

Published On 7 May 2023

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This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, May 7.