Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities claim to surround Bakhmout

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FRANCE 2

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M. Burgot, S. Guillemot, B. Bervas – France 2

France Televisions

A communication war has been underway for several days between Russia, which claims to have control of Bakhmout, and Ukraine, which says the opposite. Ukrainian troops claim to have launched a partial encirclement of the city.

The paramilitary Wagner militia wave Russian flags in the Ukrainian town of Bakhmout and thus claims the captotal ture of the city. Yevgeni Prigozhinthe head of the militia, affirms, alor even that we still hear the sounds of bombs in the city. Russian state television also proclaims the fall of Bakhmout where entire neighborhoods are flattened and the streets are empty.

The soldiers launched an encirclement

The Ukrainian authorities claim to have launched a partial encirclement of the city of Bakhmout. Some soldiers, on rest, even prepare weapons from their homes. On the side of the inhabitants of towns close to Bakhmout, the story is not the same and serenity is not in order. The communication war continues between the two warring countries


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