Prigozhin: Forces took full control Bakhmut-Ukraine denies

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed today that his forces had taken full control of Bakhmut, the town that has drawn public attention for the intensity and months of fighting, which the Ukrainian army saying its men are continuing to fight there with the Ukrainian Defense Minister specifically speaking of heavy fighting in the city and a "critical situation".

"This is not true. “Our units are fighting in Bakhmut,” Ukrainian military spokesman Serhii Tserevaty told Reuters after Prigozhin's remarks.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm Prigozhin's claim, which he made via video in camouflage in front of a line of his men holding Russian flags and Wagner banners.

"Today at 12 noon Bahamut was completely occupied. We captured the whole city, from house to house,” Prigozhin said. and added that his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut on May 25 for rest and retraining, handing over control to regular Russian forces.

As Prigozhin spoke in the video, explosions could be heard from the background.

Prigozhin criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his US counterpart Joe Biden, who are attending the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. where the Ukrainian war dominates the leaders' talks.

Addressing Zelensky, Prigozhin said: "Today when you see Biden, kiss him on the forehead and say hello from me.

Prigozhin repeated his claims that he has made many times in the past that his forces suffered far more casualties than necessary because of insufficient support and ammunition supplies from the army.

Due to Russian bureaucracy and for "whims" of Shoigu and the chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov "five times more soldiers than should have died," he said in today's video.

British military intelligence characterized today as "very likely" Russia has deployed up to several battalions to reinforce the Bakhmut sector, following Ukrainian victories on the city's flanks.

Prigozhin himself has admitted that Bakhmut, a town of 70,000 before the war, it was not of strategic importance, but acquired enormous symbolic importance for both sides due to the enormous intensity of the battles and the scale of the losses.

Source: APE-MPE

Source: www.sigmalive.com

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