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Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar had claimed earlier on Telegram that Ukrainian defenders still controlled “some industrial facilities and infrastructure” and apartment buildings, although “the situation (is) critical”. This Sunday morning, President Zelensky seemed to confirm the loss of the city.

Moscow’s announcement follows that of Evguéni Prigojine, boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, who had already claimed a few hours earlier the capture of the city, epicenter of the fighting.

War in Ukraine: Zelensky seems to confirm the loss of Bakhmout, of which “nothing remains”

In conflict with the military hierarchy in Moscow, he pointed out that the capture of the city had taken “224 days” and that there were “only Wagner here”, no regular Russian army troops.

Yevgeny Pridozhin had regularly complained in recent days of a lack of support from the Russian army, believing that the bureaucracy in Moscow was putting “a spoke in the wheel” of his group and that five times as many men had died in Bakhmout because of the “whims” of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valéri Guérassimov.

According to him, his group will withdraw from the city from May 25 and leave its defense to the regular army, remaining available following rotation and training for future operations from Moscow.

If confirmed, the capture of Bakhmout would allow Russia to post victory following a series of humiliating reverses. It would also intervene before a major counter-offensive that kyiv says it has been preparing for months.

Ukraine, however, claimed this week the seizure of more than twenty square kilometers from Russian forces north and south of the city, endangering Wagner’s flanks, which are held by regular troops of the Russian army.

[Sao Paulo]Brazilian media reported on the 21st that President Lula, who participated in an expanded meeting of the G7 Hiroshima Summit, said that the solution to global threats such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “to form conflicting blocs and only to a limited number of countries.” Reported a speech saying that it is not in the contemplation by He conveyed a critical stance toward the Western European-led movement to confront China and Russia.

Mr. Lula called for reform of the United Nations Security Council, saying, “Without reforms such as increasing the number of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, we will not be able to restore its effectiveness.” also emphasized the importance of

Brazil is one of the emerging and developing countries known as the Global South, and the Lula administration is said to be pro-Russian and Chinese.



SAN SALVADOR – The death toll following a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador has risen to at least 12. In addition, around 100 people were taken to various hospitals in serious condition, said the director of civil protection in the Central American country, Luis Alonso Amaya. The police had previously announced that at least nine people died in the panic at the Cuscatlán stadium in the capital, San Salvador.