This was announced on Monday by the pro-Russian leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin. the process of demining the city of Bakhmut began after announcing over the weekend that the city is finally taken by Russian troops and it is under your control.

“Got to launch preliminary clearance city,” he said in an interview with a Russian TV channel. Russia 24where he emphasized that the city was “released» in Russia.

In this sense, he clarified that “it is important to carry out a complete and exhaustive demining” of the area. He specified that this “difficult” work associated with risk taking into account the “escalation of hostilities that took place in the immediate vicinity.”

Therefore, he emphasized that the priority of the local authorities is “control all areas where civilians may remainto guarantee their safety just a day after the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated that as a result of the actions of the Wagner Group battalions with the help of Ursian artillery and aviation, the city is now under Moscow’s control.

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated the army and mercenaries for the capture of the city and indicated that all those involved “will be awarded” at the state level.

The battle for Bakhmut is not over yet, Ukraine says

After the Wagner Mercenaries Raise the Russian flag in the city Ukraine guarantees that still controls a small sector in the southwestwhile fighting on the flanks continues.

“Our troops in Bakhmut control some of the infrastructure and residential area of ​​the Litak region (southwest). The fighting continues.”This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar in her Telegram channel.

Meanwhile, Russian public television compared the conquest of the Ukrainian stronghold to the capture of Berlin in 1945 by the Soviet Army and called on Russian troops to continue the offensive in the DonbassThis optimism is not shared by Russian military bloggers, who understand that this is a symbolic victory, but a Pyrrhic one, given the high cost of almost ten months of fighting.

After reaching the military target marked in red since mid-2022, boss Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin assured on Monday that his units they will leave Bakhmut before June 1.