Intense battles are going on. Owner of PMC Wagner admits that Bakhmut remains Ukrainian, there is no encirclement of AFU

Bakhmut of the Donetsk oblast remains under the AFU control. Owner of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin was froces to admit this fact in response to a question from one of the russian media.

"I don’t understand where this nonsense comes from", - one of the Telegram channels close to him quotes Prigozhin.

"The enemy is becoming more active in all directions, pulling up more and more new reserves. Every day, from 300 to 500 new fighters approach Bakhmut in all directions. Artillery fire intensifies every day. Today, the most difficult battles are going on in the north. There are no prerequisites for encircling the enemy in the northern regions. House after house is being stormed, square meter by square meter. The hardest combat work is going on. Where the stories about some kind of encirclement and something else come from is not clear at all", - the owner of the PMC noted.

"Bakhmut will not be taken tomorrow, because there is heavy resistance and grinding, a grinder is working", - he sums up.