The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group insisted his fighters had taken control of Bakhmut, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the eastern city is no longer occupied by Moscow.
Bakhmut has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in Russia's more than year-long invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Bakhmut was "not occupied" by Moscow, while the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group insisted his fighters had taken control of the eastern city "to the last centimetre." Bakhmut, a salt-mining town that once had a population of 70,000 people, has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in Moscow's more than year-long Ukraine offensive.Source:A day earlier, Wagner and Moscow's regular army claimed to have fully captured Bakhmut, with Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulating them on the alleged conquest.
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