Russian official warns it is 'on the edge' of a conflict with US | WNT
overseas and to Russia tonight the Kremlin with a new warning that Russia and the US are quote on the verge of an open armed Conflict blaming the US for those drones over the Kremlin the US of course calling it a blatant lie And tonight the threat to the Kremlin from forces on the battlefield helping Russia that they could soon leave Marcus Moore in Ukraine Russia tonight hurling new threats aimed at the US the deputy foreign minister warning their quote on the verge of an open armed Conflict with the United States again claiming Ukraine carried out a drone attack on the Kremlin Wednesday Attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin at the direction of the US White House spokesman John Kirby firmly denying the allegations that the US was involved as quote a blatant lie still Russia warning of possible retaliation Saying it will respond when and wherever it sees fit on the battlefield nightmarish new video reportedly showing Russian incendiary bombs Burning in a Ukrainian held pocket of Bakhmut and the potentially major development on that battlefield today The head of Moscow's Wagner mercenary group says he's pulling his troops out of the eastern Ukrainian city because they're not being supplied with enough ammunition In a video statement, Yevgeny Prigozin calling his Russian leadership Cowards and saying his troops will leave Bakhmut next week on May 10 Western officials say half of the 20,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine since December were Wagner fighters in Bakhmut Ukrainian officials tonight voicing skepticism that the Wagner group actually plans to withdraw Well, everyone's gonna wait and see on this one Marcus Moore in Ukraine again tonight Marcus if these fighters helping Russia with the Wagner group leave We know their leader has made these threats before but if he makes good on this threat to pull out of Bakhmut Frustrated over the lack of firepower there. How many fighters are we talking about here? Well, David as of March 30th US officials estimated they were close to 10,000 Wagner mercenaries fighting in and around Bakhmut and it's widely believed those fighters were to leave Russia would have to fill those ranks to keep the fight going there David Marcus Moore in Ukraine Marcus. Thank you Hi everyone, George Stephanopoulos here. Thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel If you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here To subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts. Thanks for watching.
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