According to a statement from his press service on Telegram, after the seizing of Bakhmut, Evgeny Prigozhin stated that the Wagner PMC will not storm Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
"There is nothing stopping the (regular russian – OstroV) forces from going to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk right now. The Wagner PMC completely ties up the enemy in Bakhmut and will not attack Sloviansk-Kramatorsk alone, so we welcome you to have the entire operational space, it is open", - the statement said.