The commander of the Wagner military group announced that 70% of the strategic city of Bakhmut in Ukraine is under Russian control.
Russian forces control over 70% of Bakhmut city
27 Mar 2023 - 14:51
The commander of the Wagner military group announced that 70% of the strategic city of Bakhmut in Ukraine is under Russian control.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Yevgeny Prigozhin, the commander of the Wagner military group, announced yesterday (Sunday, March 26) that 70% of the strategic city of Bakhmut in Ukraine is under Russian control.
Wagner is a private militia group run indirectly under the supervision of the Russian military.
In the continuation of his speech, the commander of the Wagner group emphasized that the clashes in this city continue for the complete control of Bakhmut.
On the other hand, the English weekly "Sunday Times" reported that the Ukrainian army is losing up to 200 of its fighters daily in the battle of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) with Russian forces.
According to this report, during the 9-month battle between Ukrainian soldiers and Russian soldiers in Bakhmut, this city was almost destroyed and 90% of the population of this city, or about 70,000 people, fled from this city, and the Ukrainian army killed between 100 and 200 people daily. He loses a soldier in the battle with Russia.
The report states that the heavy casualties of the Ukrainian armed forces may force the Kiev regime to abandon its decision to continue fighting to keep Bakhmut.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly admitted the chaotic situation of the country's army in front of the Russian army, and in this regard, recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the situation in the east of this country is very difficult and painful.
He explained: "The situation in the East is very hard and difficult - it is very painful. We must destroy the enemy's military power and we can do it."
"Bilohorivka and Marynka, Avidka and Bakhmut and other places where our future is being decided, and these are the places where the battle is going on for all Ukrainians," Zelenskiy continued.
Eastern Ukraine has worried the Ukrainian authorities that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the director and founder of Wagner Military Group of Russia, recently announced in a telegram message that eastern Bakhmut has been controlled by Russian forces.
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