Russia on Tuesday (Jan 31) claimed responsibility for capturing the village of Blagodatne, north of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the Russian army has intensified its offensive and made slow progress for several weeks.
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The Ministry of Defense stated in its daily message.Blagodatne settlement was liberated“after the attack”volunteer assault unitswith the support of air force and artillery. Volunteers is the Russian military’s euphemism for the Wagner-like paramilitary groups fighting in Ukraine.
Wagner’s statement
Wagner’s boss, the sulphurous Eugenie Prigogine, claimed on Saturday that his men had captured the village, which Kiev denied. The Russian army and Wagner have been trying to capture Bakhmut since the summer, a city with 70 thousand inhabitants before the conflict.
For several weeks, they intensified their attack to encircle the area, capturing the town of Soledar in January, at the cost of heavy losses, and the surrounding villages.
Source: Le Figaro
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