Wagner Group warlord Prigozhin raises Russian flag in Bakhmut & tries to claim victory despite losing THOUSANDS of men

THE chief of Putin’s shadowy mercenary group, Wagner, has claimed the complete of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. “Today on May 20, around mid-day, Bakhmut was taken in its entirety,” Yevgeny Prigozhin alleged in a video posted on Telegram today. TwitterThe video in which the Wagner chief claims to have complete control of the city[/caption] TwitterOther reports in recent days suggested Ukrainian advancements into the city, countering his claims[/caption] The brutal warlord made the outlandish claim with his mercenary fighters behind him holding the Russian flag surrounded by ruins of the city. The battered and besieged city is the scene of the longest and bloodiest battle in Moscow’s 15 month-long offensive.