Bakhmut: Zelenskiy denies Russian victory claims in contested city – video
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has denied Russian claims it has captured the key Donbas city of Bakhmut, saying Ukrainian forces still hold positions in the city. 'Bakhmut is not occupied by Russian Federation as of today,' he told a press conference at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. The Wagner mercenary group claimed that Russia had seized the last urban areas in Bakhmut, in a video posted on Telegram. The contested city has been reduced to rubble in the longest battle of the conflict in Ukraine