KYIV: Kyiv scorned Russian claims to have captured eastern Bakhmut on Monday , saying its foes had raised a victory flag over"some kind of toilet" and that Ukrainian forces had repelled nearly 20 attacks along the city's front line in the last 24 hours.
"From a legal point of view, Bakhmut has been taken," said Prigozhin, who has previously made premature claims. "They raised the flag over some kind of toilet. They attached it to the side of who knows what, hung their rag and said they had captured the city. Well good, let them think they've taken it," Cherevatyi added by telephone.
John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council, told reporters in Washington that Ukraine was still fighting hard for Bakhmut, describing the battles as"quite, quite violent and quite close". Ukrainian military commanders have said their own counteroffensive - backed by newly delivered Western tanks and other hardware - is not far off but have stressed the importance of holding Bakhmut and inflicting losses in the meantime., marking the completion of a swift journey into the Western military alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, officials said.
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