Posted on 05/20/2023 5:54:47 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The summary of the 451st day in Bakhmut, as of 22:00 – 20th May 2023 (Kyiv time).
Due to the changes in the city of Bakhmut, we’re releasing an extra summary solely focused on the Bakhmut. The classic summaries remain bi-daily.
- Wagner mercenaries raised its flags on the western edge of the city near Khromove, residential area in the western part and on other places. Ukrainian troops have withdrawn towards the heights in the west and Ivanivske settlement. (source)
-Ukrainian artillery shelled enemy soldiers west of Bakhmut Industrial College. (source)
-The leader of Wagner mercenaries announced the capture of Bakhmut today. Ukrainian officials denied such claims, saying they still control part of the city.
-Based on the available footage and as of writing of this summary, there has been no proof that Wagner mercenaries captured the plane monument area on the south-western outskirts contested.
House Atreides: Consider the likelihood that it will actually be Russia that will be rebuilding that city…
Yep! The International Register of Damages will access the damages of Bakhmut as Russia is held accountable for aggression through reparations to Ukraine and its citizens
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