The Russian flag is raised above the administration of Artemovsk (Bakhmut’s Ukrainian name). This was announced on Monday by the founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“April 2, exactly 11:00 p.m. Behind me is the building of the city administration of Artemovsk. This is the Russian flag. Legally we captured Bakhmut,” claimed Prigozhin, whose words were quoted on the Telegram channel of his press service.
It honors the memory of the famous war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, who died in an explosion in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
He noted that the commanders of the units of the Russian troops who took over the administration of the city and the entire central district “will carry and raise flags.”
“The enemy remained in the western districts,” added Prigozhin.
Today’s battles around Bakhmut and Avdeevka were the fiercest
The Ukrainian army has repelled over 50 Russian attacks
This Saturday, the fighting in the areas around Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Mariyka was the fiercest since the beginning of the Russian aggression. This is what the Ukrainian army wrote on Facebook.
The Ukrainians repulsed more than 50 enemy attacks. Among other things, the Russian army has again attacked civilian objects in the Donetsk region with ballistic missiles. Several victims are reported.
In total, Russia carried out two missile strikes, 25 airstrikes and fired six times from multiple missile systems.
The information could not be independently verified.
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