Wagner’s group announces the capture of Bakhmut, and Kiev denies it

Founder and owner Wagner’s groupYevgeny Prigozhin, announced on the night of this Sunday that Russian troops already control the center of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, in the east of the country. Prigozhin explained through the Telegram of his press service that Russian soldiers occupied the city center at 11 p.m.

“We raised the Russian flag with the inscription ‘Good memory of Vladlen Tatarsky’ – the military journalist who died this Sunday after the explosion in St. Petersburg – and the flag of the Wagner Group in the administration of the city of Bakhmut,” he said. Therefore, he declared that they “legally occupied Bakhmut” and that “the enemy – Ukrainian troops – are concentrated in the western regions».

For several weeks, the most complicated front in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the one in Bakhmut, because it was the scene of intense conflicts. Prigozhin claimed a few days ago that the fighting around this city “practically destroyed” the Ukrainian army. However, a spokesman for Ukrainian military commandSerhiy Cherevatiy told Reuters by phone Russian forces are “very far” from capturing this city.