A video address by Yevgeny Prigozhin came on the same day a Ukrainian commander visited the Donetsk region city.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the financier of the Wagner mercenary group fighting for Moscow, has claimed Russian troops have encircled Bakhmut, although Ukraine's military has said that it has repelled attacks on the city in Donetsk over the last 24 hours.
Where previously his forces had been fighting professional Ukrainian troops, he said that"now we see old people and children more and more frequently. A screengrab from the Telegram account of Yevgeny Prigozhin shows the financier of the Wagner Group of mercenaries claim that the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk oblast had been surrounded by Russian forces. Ukraine has said that fighting is still ongoing.The camera then turns to his right where three men are standing.
On Saturday, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces Commander, Viktor Khorenko, also inspected his troops there and insisted that Ukrainian units are"clearly fulfilling their assigned tasks" despite the"extremely difficult conditions."
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