 Russians far from besieging Bakhmut. The Russians are a long way from capturing the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. There is active fighting going on near Bakhmut city hall. Serhii Sherevatii spokesperson for the East grouping of forces of the armed forces of Ukraine told it. Bakhmut is a Ukrainian city and the Russians have not seized anything and are very far from doing so to put it mildly he added. Earlier Yevgeny Prigozin a Russian oligarch and founder of the Wagner group posted a video in which he claims that the Russian flag had been raised above the city hall building in memory of Vladlen Tartarsky, the pro-Russian military leader. Prigozin believes that the city has been dejour seized by the Russians. After this, Andriy Yermak, head of the president's office of Ukraine, has stated that the video posted by Prigozin is fake and Bakhmut is a Ukrainian city. He advised Ukrainians to react calmly to fake news about a Russian victory which has not actually happened. They raised their flag over some public toilet. They attached their rag to the side of God knows what and said they'd captured the city. Whatever, let them think they did it. Sherevatii Remart. Fighting is ongoing around the Bakhmut city hall building. The Russians have not seized anything in the legal sense, he specified. On the 2nd of April, the Ministry of Defense called on Ukrainians to trust the military defending Bakhmut and assured them that the troops are responding to the current situation according to the principle of military expediency.