Ukrainian troops and civilians fled Bakhmut Saturday as Russian forces inch closer to taking the warn-torn city key to Moscow’s eastern push.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, told Ukraine to withdraw from Bakhmut, which he said was surrounded.A Ukrainian APC drives towards frontline positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, which has been encircled by Russian forces.A police group called the White Angels has been helping the elderly and children flee Bakhmut.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said that a Ukrainian retreat from Bakhmut appears imminent. Casualties have also been mounting in Ukraine, where at least 8,006 civilians were confirmed killed and 13,287 injured since Russia invaded a year ago, the United Nations Human Rights Office said Saturday, adding that the actual figures are likely higher. Estimates for troop deaths vary widely but Western intelligence sources estimate that each side has suffered about 150,000 casualties on the battlefield.
“There have been cases of people hiding children because they’ve heard rumors that the police will take their children by force,” she said, insisting that the rumors are not true and that they will only evacuate children with the consent of their parents.
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