Kyiv rejects Russian claims to have captured

  • 21/05/2023

After the longest battle, President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted there was "nothing left" of the squashed city but denied Bakhmut had fallen to the Russians, according to his spokesman on Sunday.On May 20, after the bloodiest battle, the Russian military declared the city to be theirs.

Zelensky offered a long, emotional response the day after President Vladimir Putin applauded his troops and the private mercenary group Wagner, who claimed to have captured the symbolic target.

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