Kyiv says Bakhmut situation ‘critical’ as Wagner claims control
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Ukraine rejects claim, says heavy fighting continues in the city and describes the situation there as ‘critical’.

The head of the Russian private army Wagner has said his fighters have completed the capture of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv immediately rejected the claim and said fighting was still going on.

Yevgeny Prigozhin made the claim in a video on Saturday in which he appeared in combat fatigues in front of a line of fighters holding Russian flags and Wagner banners.

“Today, at 12 noon, Bakhmut was completely taken,” Prigozhin said. “We completely took the whole city, from house to house.

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  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    We've been following reports and information pretty closely this week over in the megathread and this is probably legit. Russian MOD also announced it officially.

    There might possibly be some cleanup of left behind soldiers in a few buildings. But as of yesterday there were like 8 buildings left and they were just shelling them to destroy them and get it over with. Very likely that this is now pretty much a closed chapter in the war.