The boss of the Wagner group said Saturday that the city of Bakhmut, scene of the bloodiest and longest fighting since the outbreak of the Russian invasion, was taken "in its entirety" Ukraine admitted on Sunday that it now controls only "an insignificant part" of the city but continues to advance on the flanks. President Volodymyr Zelensky, visibly troubled, seemed to implicitly acknowledge the fall of the fortress city by downplaying the significance of a possible Russian success.