(ANSA) - MOSCOW, APRIL 13 - The Moscow army has declared that the Ukrainian troops entrenched in the city of Bakhmut are blocked by Russian military units.
"The (Russian) airborne troops are supporting strike groups of the Wagner paramilitary group on the flanks, blocking the sending of Ukrainian army reserves to the city and the possibility of a withdrawal," the Russian Defense Ministry said in an update on the location. epicenter for months of fierce fighting.
According to the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, it is "premature" to speak of a "complete encirclement" of the Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, the city in Donetsk where violent fighting has been going on for months between the Russian army and the military units of Kiev.
In particular, the assaults are carried out by Prigozhin's fighters.
"The Ukrainian army continues to bring reinforcements and transfer them to the city. Difficult and bloody fighting is going on, so it is premature to talk about a complete encirclement of Bakhmut," Prigozhin said after statements to the contrary by Moscow's defense ministry.
(HANDLE).