Kiev (EFE).- The Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces confirmed last night in its Telegram account that one of the Russian brigades trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut abandoned its positions, leaving behind “500 corpses ”.
“It’s official. The information from (the leader of the Russian private military company Wagner, Yevgeny) Prigozhin about the escape of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Russian armed forces and about ‘the 500 corpses’ that the Russians left there is true,” it reads. in the message posted on the official account of the Ukrainian brigade.
In one of his videos about the situation at the front, Prigozhin had previously accused the Russian Army’s 72nd Brigade of abandoning their positions after losing “three square kilometres” in a “strategic” area in which the Russians lost 500 men. “They took their things and just ran away,” Prigozhin said.
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In its message, the Third Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian army claims to have eliminated 64 Russian fighters and injured 87 others in two days in the southeast of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian forces continue to defend the area of the city they still control.
“Among the Russian casualties there are mercenaries from the Wagner group,” says the note from the Ukrainian brigade, which also reports the capture of 5 Russian prisoners of war and the destruction of Russian military material.
Russia launched its offensive on Bakhmut in August last year. Despite controlling most of the municipality’s territory, Russian forces have yet to fully expel the Ukrainians from this city, in whose conquest they have invested considerable technical and human resources.
Ukraine has also suffered significant casualties in the Bakhmut defense. kyiv justifies its insistence on defending its last positions in the city on the benefits of wearing down Russian troops and preventing them from launching offensive actions in other segments of the front.