Tears, anger from displaced residents as Russia claims Bakhmut

By Agence France-Presse

May 23, 2023 10:05 am

KYIV: Residents of Ukraine's eastern hotspot of Bakhmut drop into a Kyiv support center for medical care and clothing, weeping for their shattered town as Russia claims full control.

Russia's Wagner mercenaries claim to have captured Bakhmut after months of intense attacks — while Ukraine insists it is still fighting in the destroyed city.

This undated handout aerial footage released on May 21, 2023, by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shows an apartment block on fire in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Handout / Armed Forces of Ukraine / AFP

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