Russian troops and mercenaries have rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, bringing them closer to their first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.
The head of Russia’s Wagner private army, speaking in a video recorded 7km north of Bakhmut, said the city — which has been blasted to ruins — was now almost completely surrounded with only one road still open for Ukraine’s troops.
