Russia claims Bakhmut, yet hope remains within the city walls
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Russia claims it has control of Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut, after a grinding nine-month conflict. Top Ukrainian military leaders say the battle is not over, but Ukrainian officials acknowledge they now control only a small part of Bakhmut.
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By Darya Tarasova, Sugam Pokharel, Thom Poole and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The chief of the Russian private military group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed Saturday that his forces have taken complete control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after months of brutal fighting.
The head of Russia's Wagner Group claims to have completely captured the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv partially disputes the report. Follow live updates.
The head of Russia's Wagner Group claims to have completely captured the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv partially disputes the report. Follow live updates.
Russia's defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky 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…
KYIV, Ukraine >> The head of the Russian private army Wagner claimed Saturday that his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials denied it.
The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the site of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces for months. Now Moscow says its troops, along with Wagner mercenaries, control the city.
The head of the Russian private army Wagner claims his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war,
If Russian forces have taken control of Bakhmut, they will still face the massive task of seizing the remaining part of the Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control.
The head of Russia's Wagner Group claims to have completely captured the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv partially disputes the report. Follow live updates.
The head of the Russian private army Wagner claimed Saturday that his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials denied it.
The head of Russia's Wagner Group claims to have completely captured the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv partially disputes the report. Follow live updates.
City has been scene of longest, bloodiest battle since Russia invaded; Wagner thought to have sustained heavy losses; Ukraine says it still maintains some control
The head of the Russian paramilitary group said his forces had captured the eastern city, a claim Ukrainian officials were quick to deny even as they called the situation “critical.”
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren't occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow's insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen.
Ukraine sought to deplete the Russians—and prepare for a new offensive—by continuing to fight for the small city. But nine months of attrition warfare cost both sides dearly.
The nine-month battle for Bakhmut has destroyed the 400-year-old city in eastern Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of people in a mutually devastating demonstration of Ukraine’s strategy of exhausting the Russian military.
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