"The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is very far from this": the Armed Forces denied Prigogine's statements about the capture of Bakhmut

The forces of Ukraine's defense continue to keep defense in Bakhmut in Donetsk, and the Russian army is far from the capture of the city, Cherevaty said. In Bakhmut, the situation remains tense, but Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy in the city, preventing it from moving forward. This was stated by the spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces Sergey Cherevaty, reports The Guardian on April 3.

According to him, the statements of the head of PEC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigogine about the fighting around the building of the city administration and taking under the control of the city by his mercenaries are not true. "Bakhmut is Ukrainian, and they have not captured anything and, to put it mildly, very far from it," said a spokesman for the Eastern Military Command Sergey Cherevaty. A similar statement was made by the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak in his telegram channel.

"Bakhmut is Ukraine. Reacting quietly to the fakes of those who invent a" Pabeda "who is not in reality," Yermak wrote. Recall that on April 2, Prigogine declared the control of Russian mercenaries over Bakhmut. He reported that Wagner PEC has legally taken the city, and Ukrainian troops hold only its western quarters.