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#Prigozhin claimed that #WagnerGroup forces completely captured #Bakhmut City on May 20, seizing the last multi-story apartment building in SW Bakhmut near the MiG-17 monument. ISW hasn't observed geolocated footage confirming Prigozhin’s claims as of today's publication. (1/6) 
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1660078398759133185
2/ #Prigozhin announced that #Wagner forces will establish defensive positions before transferring responsibility for the city to Russian conventional forces on May 25. isw.pub/UkrWar052023
3/ #Prigozhin effectively stated that #Wagner forces will conduct an operational pause by resting and restoring combat power at field training camps in unspecified areas, presumably far from the frontline.
4/ Ukrainian officials reported that Ukrainian forces are still fighting in a small section of southwest #Bakhmut as of May 20. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated that Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions near the MiG-17 monument as of May 20.
5/ #Prigozhin’s claimed victory over the remaining areas in #Bakhmut is purely symbolic even if true. The last few urban blocks of eastern Bakhmut that Prigozhin claimed that #Wagner Group forces captured are not tactically or operationally significant.
6/ Their capture does not grant #Russian forces operationally significant terrain to continue conducting offensive operations or any particularly strong position from which to defend against possible #Ukrainian counterattacks. isw.pub/UkrWar052023
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