Russian Defence Ministry explains their retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner Group expects encirclement
Pravda Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defence has admitted their retreat from positions and to north of Bakhmut, which allows Ukrainian troops to control the road to Chasiv Yar.
Source: Igor Konashenkov, the representative of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, during a briefing on 12 May; Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company.