Kyiv says Bakhmut situation ‘critical’ as Wagner claims control
www.aljazeera.com
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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  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    One is Ukrainian pronunciation the other is Russian. It wasn't a thing until last year for western audiences, they just stuck with the Russian.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      During the first month of the SMO one of my obnoxious lib coworkers started talking about "Chicken Kiyv"

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          it’s American

          I don't have a horse in this race but according to Wikipedia it's got poorly documented French/Russian/Ukrainian origins and only got popularized in the US due to it being served in fancy Soviet hotels catering to foreign tourists.

          I've seen Russians and Ukrainians argue over who gets to claim borsch and I want none of that.