„Today, at 12 noon, Bakhmut was completely taken,“ Prigozhin said in a video in which he appeared in combat fatigues in front of a line of fighters holding Russian flags and Wagner banners. „We completely took the whole city, from house to house.“
Ukrainian military spokesperson Serhiy Cherevatyi told Reuters: „This is not true. Our units are fighting in Bakhmut.“
Enemy assault groups trying to move from outskirts to center of Bakhmut; Ukrainian soldiers do not allow them to move forward – Syrsky
Intense fighting is going on along the entire front line in the zone of responsibility of the Eastern Group of Forces, in particular, enemy assault groups are trying to move from the outskirts to the center of Bakhmut, Commander of the Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky has said.
Zelenskyy said Sunday evening that since March 6, Ukraine‘s forces had „managed to eliminate more than 1,100 enemy soldiers.“
The commander of Ukraine‘s ground forces Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Monday that „Wagner‘s assault units are advancing from several directions, trying to break through the defenses of our troops and advance to the central districts of the city,“ according to the latest post on the Military Media Centre, translated by NBC News.
The head of Russia‘s Wagner private army says it is not getting the ammunition it needs from Moscow, as it seeks to gain control of Bakhmut.
The eastern city has seen months of intense fighting, as Wagner and regular Russian troops try to seize it.
But Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says his army‘s lack of ammunition could be „ordinary bureaucracy or a betrayal“.
In dem seit Monaten andauernden Kampf um die Stadt Bachmut hält die ukrainische Armee nach eigenen Angaben weiterhin den Angriffen der russischen Invasoren stand. Der ukrainische Generalstab erklärte gestern, am Vortag seien „mehr als 130 feindliche Angriffe“ abgewehrt worden, insbesondere in Bachmut, Kupjansk, Lyman und Awdijiwka.
Die Einnahme der ukrainischen Stadt Bachmut durch Russland könnte bald bevorstehen. Der ukrainische Verteidigungsminister Olexij Resnikow schloss einen Fall der seit Monaten schwer umkämpften Stadt durch die russische Söldnertruppe Wagner in einem aktuellen Interview nicht aus.