Bakhmut had been reduced to ruins by Russian forces by December 2022.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Ukraine on 10 December 2022.
The statement
Zelenskyy said the occupiers had destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army had turned into burned ruins, and that the situation in front-line cities in Donetsk and Luhansk remained very difficult.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2022-12-10) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-dead carries Zelenskyy's description of Bakhmut as burned ruins only as his statement, and ev-20261027-znr1 records Al Jazeera's reporting on the fall in Bakhmut's population but not the extent of destruction by December 2022. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-hkg3, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-hkg3/