Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is now in the Russian hands, says Moscow on 453rd day of conflict, putting within easy range of Russian artillery two bigger cities in the Donetsk region — Kramatorsk and Sloviansk Follow our live coverage👇
Video grab shows members of Wagner group waving a Russian national flag and Wagner Group's flag on the rooftop of a damaged building in Bakhmut [AFP].Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement.
The eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine is the longest and probably most bloody of the conflict in Ukraine. US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and NATO alliance head Jens Stoltenberg have played down its potential fall as symbolic, as have Western military experts.
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