Russia’s Wagner group claims control of Bakhmut in Ukraine – BBC News

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group says he has raised a Russian flag over Bakhmut's city hall in Ukraine.

In a video, Yevgeny Prigozhin said Bakhmut was now Russian "in a legal sense,” but he admitted Ukrainian forces were still concentrated in western districts.

Ukraine has insisted its army still holds Bakhmut. 

Meanwhile, Russian investigators have detained a woman in the hunt for the killers of a pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe.

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[jonnsonsam]

An amazing accomplishment considering the Russians ran out of ammunition 6 months ago (according to the BBC)

[Elongated_Muskrat]

“In the legal sense” that’s the dumbest statement he’s ever made

[ruibranco]

For the 4th time they claim, still waiting for the real one

[Wubby]

He took Bakmut AGAIN?!?

Who keeps giving it back?🤣🤣🤣

[artfasil]

The western media is reminding me of that press guy in the Iraqi war.

[jjjjx]

Ghost of Kiev is still fighting in Bakhmut....

[petroleumalley]

Tomorrow they will be shelling it again because the "control" was a bit overestimated.

[chadimirputin]

Those shovel wielding convicts are working wonders! 😂

[zzkdzux]

This morning it was reported on the news that Tatarsky had been presented with a plaster statuette with his image, inside of which an explosive was planted.

[vaygun]

Russia doing marvellously with their SHOVELS😅😂😂

[aus]

He has taken control of the administration centre so he controls the whole town, now it costs 2 gold to add a defensive position to the building and for 14 diamonds he can build a wall around the town with turrets on the towers it will take 6 hours to complete he can instant build if he has 2 engineering scraps of paper to combine.
He's going to have to build a barracks to create and upgrade soldiers to defend the city he will have to get some upgraded quickly because the fountain shield of protection only lasts 5 days and the city will be vunerable to attack once the shield Wall is lowered.

[puma]

BS. So he's out at night using night vision but, he controls the city. That's a sign he doesn't want to draw fire and doesn't control the city.

[morningglory]

Again, how many times does this make?

[DG-iuck]

How many times have we herd this in a few weeks

[amarelk]

Damn! It seems like those shovels are way better than assault weapons. 🥴

[alexanderwalker]

Russia went from claiming they’ll take Kyiv in 3 days to doing a victory lap every time they may or may not have captured a single street or garbage dump. It’s actually embarrassing.

[Americanhonkee]

I mean they had claimed bakhmut over a month ago once.. Is it like that again??

[efrainjrivera]

That video screams control indeed: celebration during the cover of dark, as seen under NVGs.

[mathewlane]

Got a right set of lobes on that reporter 😂😂😂😂

[jbsmith]

that blurry night vision makes it all legit lol, that could be anywhere..