Russian forces have gained full control over the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

The head of Russia’s Wagner Group has said that its forces have gained full control over the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

If the claim is true, it means that Russian forces are in control of almost half of the city in their first major victory in months.

The Wagner chief said his fighters, who led the Russian campaign to capture Bakhmut, had captured the eastern part of the city.

In the telegram he said that everything east of the Bakhmutka River was completely under the control of the Wagner force.

On the other hand, earlier in the statements of the Ukrainian army, it was said that there may be conditions for a Ukrainian attack in Bakhmut.

A spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Military Command told public television that the main task of our troops in Bakhmut is to repel the enemy’s combat capability, to destroy their combat capabilities.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its report that the enemy continues to advance on the city of Bakhmut despite significant losses.

Meanwhile, in a development related to the S issue, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that after months of intense fighting, Bakhmut could be captured by Russia in the coming days.

Stoltenberg, speaking to reporters in Stockholm on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union defense ministers, said: “We see that Russia is trying to make up for its lack of quality by sending more troops, more forces. has been

The head of the US-led military coalition said that we cannot rule out that Bakhmut could be captured in the coming days.