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Nicholas Cecil and Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Russian mercenary boss claims Ukrainian city of Bakhmut ‘practically surrounded’

The beseiged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was “practically surrounded” on Friday afternoon, according to a Russian mercenary boss.

Russian troops were reportedly closing off the last access routes to the city, on the cusp of Moscow’s first major victory in half-a-year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.

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