MOSCOW: Russia said Saturday it has captured the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, epicenter of the fighting, as President Vladimir Putin congratulated his troops and private mercenary group Wagner.
EPICENTER OF BATTLE This video grab taken from a handout footage posted on Saturday, May 20, 2023, on the Telegram account of the press service of Concord — a company linked to the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin — shows members of Wagner group waving a Russian national flag and Wagner Group’s flag on the rooftop of a damaged building in Bakhmut, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s private army Wagner claimed on Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting, as Kyiv said the battle was continuing but admitted the situation was ‘critical’. AFP PHOTO/Telegram channel of Concord group
MOSCOW: Russia said Saturday it has captured the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, epicenter of the fighting, as President Vladimir Putin congratulated his troops and private mercenary group Wagner.