As the Russian president congratulated his army and Wagner mercenaries, Volodymyr Zelensky denied the city had been captured
Vladimir Putin has claimed his first battlefield victory in a year with the capture of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
The Russian president congratulated Wagner troops as well as the regular Russian army for seizing the ruined city, which has been the site of the longest and bloodiest battle of the entire war.
Ukraine has denied that Bakhmut has fallen but Russian propagandists have started celebrating “one of the greatest battle victories in the 21st century”.
#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Zil-131 with a ZU-23-2 23mm autocannon was destroyed by two Russian FPV loitering munitions in #Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/BrK9ZnOVUJ
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 21, 2023
