2023 年 4 月 3 日 - 按 ISW
4 月 2 日晚，瓦格纳集团在巴赫穆特中部取得进一步进展，并占领了巴赫穆特市政府大楼。瓦格纳集团的金融家叶夫根尼·普里戈任在巴赫穆特市政府大楼对面举起一面俄罗斯国旗，上面刻有纪念被暗杀的米尔博主马克西姆·福明的铭文 4 月 2 日晚上，并声称瓦格纳“合法控制”巴赫穆特，尽管乌克兰军队仍留在该市西部。 俄罗斯军队在 4 月 3 日取得了进一步进展，4 月 3 日发布的无人机镜头描绘了瓦格纳集团和俄罗斯国旗插在被摧毁的行政大楼的废墟上。 几位俄罗斯军事博主还传播了一张瓦格纳战士在巴赫穆特市政府大楼被摧毁前站在前面的照片。 瓦格纳集团可能会继续尝试巩固对巴赫穆特中部的控制，并试图通过密集的城市地区向西推进至 Khromove。
Wagner Group fighters made further advances in central Bakhmut and seized the Bakhmut City Administration Building on the night of April 2. Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin raised a Russian flag with an inscription in memory of assassinated milblogger Maksim Fomin across from the Bakhmut City Administration building the night of April 2 and claimed that Wagner “legally controls” Bakhmut, though Ukrainian troops remain in the western part of the city. Russian forces made further advances on April 3, with drone footage posted on April 3 depicting Wagner Group and Russian flags planted over the rubble of the destroyed administration building. Several Russian milbloggers additionally circulated an image of a Wagner fighter standing in front of the Bakhmut City Administration building before its destruction. The Wagner Group likely will continue attempts to consolidate control of central Bakhmut and attempt to push westward through dense urban areas toward Khromove.
