The chief of the Russian private military group has claimed that his forces have taken complete control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. 9News
The chief of the Russian private military group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has claimed his forces have taken complete control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after months of brutal fighting.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar, in a Telegram post less than an hour after the Russian mercenary's claim was published, admitted the situation in Bakhmut was "critical" but said Ukrainian troops were still "holding the defence" in a district on Bakhmut's western-most edge. While Russian forces have continued their slow street-by-street advance in the city itself for many months, over the last two weeks Ukrainian forces have managed to recapture small pockets of territory held by Russian troops to the northwest and southwest of the city.
There are no official casualty figures, but earlier this year a NATO source told CNN they estimated that for every Ukrainian soldier killed defending Bakhmut, Russia lost five.
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