The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has denied that Bakhmut has been captured: although the situation in the city is "critical", Ukrainian soldiers control certain sites.
Bakhmut: what remains under control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces as of 20 May 2023 DeepStateMAP.
Cherevatyy also assured his audience that the Ukrainian defenders hold a number of buildings in Bakhmut.
Quote from Cherevatyy: "The fighting continues, we are holding a number of buildings in Bakhmut….
You understand that he is saying he’s going to withdraw his troops and he’s taken Bakhmut.
Prigozhin later said that the Russian Defence Ministry had promised the Wagnerites the amount of ammunition they needed.
On 10 May, Prigozhin stated that the Wagner Group had been forced to hand over the "flanks" to servicemen from the Russian Ministry of Defence and bemoaned the "failure of the flanks.". »
