The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Putin’s security forces attacked inside Russia by anti-regime groups

Vladimir Putin’s security forces came under attack in at least three locations within Russia by anti-regime groups, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2023

Russia says it crushes cross-border incursion by 'Ukraine nationalists'

Moscow said on Tuesday it had routed and killed scores of "Ukrainian nationalists" who crossed into Russia from Ukraine after two days of combat, in what appeared to be one of the biggest incursions of its kind of the 15-month-old war.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin evacuates nine villages in Belgorod as fighting continues

‘Do not return to your homes,’ Belgorod governor warns residents

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Anti-Putin militia claims to have stormed Russian town in cross-border raid

A senior aide to Ukrainian President Zelensky says Kyiv has nothing to do with the incursion – putting it down to Russia’s ‘violent resistance movement’

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy scores F-16 training, as Russia claims to take Bakhmut

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU · May 22, 2023

Russian troops could be snared in 'mousetrap' Ukrainian city as '100,000 killed'

Kyiv sources are claiming that more than 100,000 soldiers have been killed battling for Bakhmut and that Ukraine’s soldiers will encircle them in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023

Fall of Bakhmut would signal ‘a Pyrrhic victory for Wagner’

We speak to a Ukrainian military expert, serviceman and analysts on what the possible capture of Bakhmut means.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2023

Russia tightens grip on Bakhmut in face of Ukraine counterattacks

Kyiv claims ‘huge losses have been inflicted on the enemy’ after year of bitter fighting in eastern city

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Ukraine says advances on Bakhmut’s flanks trap Russians

Ukraine says its forces north and south of Bakhmut are advancing to entrap Russians inside the ruined city Moscow says it captured.

The New Daily · May 22, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 453 of the invasion

Fighting has broken out on Russia’s border with Ukraine in an apparent incursion by partisan forces; Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023