Day 452 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Prigozhin announced Bakhmut was completely under the control of Wagner - Kyiv denies

Day 452 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Prigozhin announced that Bakhmut was completely under the control of "Wagner", Ukraine denied
• The US allowed NATO allies to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
• Zelensky also sought support from the "Global South"
• The Pope assigned an Italian cardinal a mission for peace in Ukraine

Prigozhin announced that Bakhmut was completely under the control of "Wagner", Ukraine denied

The head of the private military organization "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that the key eastern city of Bakhmut in Ukraine is fully under the control of his fighters after months of fighting, reported AFP.

Prigozhin announced this in a video posted on his Telegram channel. The announcements come as Ukraine reports progress and that it has regained the initiative in the battle for the city and awaits a massive counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces.

Prigozhin announced the fall of Bakhmut in a video in which he appeared against a background of fighters holding Russian flags and "Wagner" emblems.

"We fought not only the Ukrainian army, we fought the Russian bureaucracy, which put bars in our wheels. Its names are partially known. These are Shoigu and Gerasimov, who turned the war into their own entertainment, who decided that their whims should are carried out, but precisely because of these whims, 5 times as many boys died. We prepared lists of those who helped us and those who actively opposed us, supporting, in practice, the enemy".

Prigrozhin mentioned 3 names in the list of the "good ones" -...