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    Russia's Wagner group 'captures' Bakhmut, Putin congratulates

    Putin
    Inam Ansari
    May21/ 2023

    Moscow: Russia's Wagner group in a special military operation in Ukraine has gained a "complete control" of Bakhmut on Saturday, Russian news agency Tass reported. Following the capture in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the assault teams of the Wagner private military and Russian troops. "Vladimir Putin congratulates Wagner assault teams as well as all Russian troops, who rendered the required assistance and shielded the flanks, with the completion of the operation to liberate Artyomovsk," the Kremlin's press office said in a statement on Sunday. "Everyone, who distinguished himself in the battle, will be recommended for the state decorations," the statement added. However, as soon as the Wagner Chief claimed the capture of Bakhmut, Kyiv immediately rejected the claim and said fighting was still going on. Bakhmut (known as Artyomovsk in Russia) is located in the northwestern part of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and served as a significant supply hub for the Ukrainian army in Donbass. On August 1, 2022, fierce combat to liberate the city began. The war for this city has been one of the most intense since the liberation of Donbass in 2014. The Russian Defence Ministry also declared that the city of Artyomovsk (named Bakhmut in Ukraine) had been entirely freed during the special military operation in Ukraine, reported Russian news agency TASS. This comes at a time when G7 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to stand together against Russia's "illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression" against Ukraine, according to the joint statement issued during the G7 Leaders Summit that began Saturday in Japan's Hiroshima. The joint communique stated that the leaders of the Group of Seven countri ...

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