The head of Russia's mercenary Wagner group said on Monday that according to preliminary data his troops were beginning to receive the ammunition they needed, and reported heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
"Today, the groups advanced a maximum of 130 metres (400 feet) ... Fierce fighting is going on, but the groups are continuing to advance," Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message posted on social media.
"According to preliminary data, we are starting to receive ammunition. We have not (yet) seen it in practice."
(This story has been corrected to show it was Prigozhin speaking, not Wagner, in paragraph 2)
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksander Kozhukhar; Editing by Chris Reese)
