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Zelenskiy appears to confirm loss of Bakhmut
saying 'I think no' when asked if Kyiv controls it
Reuters is
reporting Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to confirm the loss of the city of
Bakhmut to Russia on Sunday, saying “I think no” when asked if it remained in
Kyiv’s control.
“I think
no,” he said ahead of a meeting with Joe Biden at the G7 summit, according to
Reuters. “For today, it is only in our hearts.”
Among those
not able to verify Wagner’s claim of victory in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut,
is US thinktank the Institute for the Study of War.
In its
regular update, not only does it say, “ISW has not observed geolocated footage
confirming Prigozhin’s claims as of this publication”, but it also goes on to
assess if it really tactically matters anyway.
“Prigozhin’s
claimed victory over the remaining areas in Bakhmut is purely symbolic even if
true. The last few urban blocks of eastern Bakhmut that Prigozhin claimed that
Wagner Group forces captured are not tactically or operationally significant,”
it says.
“Their
capture does not grant Russian forces operationally significant terrain to
continue conducting offensive operations or any particularly strong position
from which to defend against possible Ukrainian counterattacks.”
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