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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tom Balmforth

Kyiv denies Wagner Bakhmut claim, Russia says forces advancing

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members ride a tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko/File Photo

Ukraine and Russia traded barbs on Wednesday over how much Kremlin's forces control the city of Bakhmut, for months the focal point of Moscow's bid to advance through eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine's military said it controlled "considerably" more than 20% of the city. The claim by Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin that his Wagner mercenary group had seized more than 80% of Bakhmut was untrue, it said.

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