War Ukraine, the Wagner group claims control of Bakhmut
“Technically, Bakhmut is ours. The enemy is concentrated in the western areas“: with these words Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner company, claimed in a post on his Telegram channel, the capture of the city of Donetsk, the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. In the video accompanying the post, Prigozhin is seen holding a Russian flag with the name of the military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, killed in an attack in a cafe in St. Petersburg: “The commanders of the units that have taken The city Hall and the whole center they will go and hoist this flag” explains Prizoghin, according to whom as early as March 20 Wagner’s units controlled 70% of the city.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine acknowledged, on the other hand, in its daily war report that Russian forces are “trying to take full control” of Bakhmut, an unusual reference in Kiev’s official notes to the possibility of a complete Russian conquest of this eastern Ukrainian city. “In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop attacking Bakhmut, trying to take full control” of the municipality, reads the note from the General Staff, published shortly after 6 in the morning on his Facebook account.
War Ukraine, Russian drones hit the port of Odessa
Meanwhile, the attacks on Ukrainian territory show no sign of abating: Russian drones hit the port of Odessa overnight, as confirmed by local authorities via social media. Lots of damages.
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