Wagner commander announces Russia’s control of the entire Bakhmut

Finally and after several months of fighting, the commander of the Russian Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced that his men had captured Bakhmut.
Bakhmut was the center of the fighting that has been going on since last summer.
On May 20, 2023 at noon today, Saturday, Bakhmut was completely under control,” Prigozhin announced in a video broadcast by his media service on Telegram, standing alongside armed men in front of destroyed buildings.
Prigozhin announced that his forces will hand over the Artemivsk (Bakhmut) to the Russian army on May 25th.