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Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries has announced that they have fully captured the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a claim reaffirmed by Russia's Defence Ministry.
Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group led the all-out offensive in the city. Earlier in the day, Prigozhin said that his troops had finally pushed the Ukrainians out of the last built-up area inside the city
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has disputed Russia's claim it has captured Bakhmut amid an eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine, the longest and likely bloodiest of the conflict.
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has claimed that he has raised a Russian flag over Bakhmut’s administrative building in eastern Ukraine and now has ‘legal control’ of the city. But Ukraine insists that its army holds the city