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The Latest Breaking News from Sergei Shoigu

Ukrainian leaders agree to continue Bakhmut defence as casualties mount

Head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force says his troops’ position could be in peril due to a lack of ammunition

The Guardian - UK

Four thousand civilians in Bakhmut, says Ukraine, as west says Russia has sustained up to 30,000 casualties there – as it happened

Ukraine deputy PM says around 38 children remain in besieged city as western officials estimate Russia has sustained heavy losses there

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 377 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy commits to defending Bakhmut and pays tribute to executed soldier

The Guardian - AU

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Ukraine’s forces say they are holding out in ‘utter hell’ of fight for eastern city of Bakhmut

It comes as the head of the Russian Wagner merecenary group complains that their frontlines around the city could collapse without ammunition

The Independent UK

Ukraine vows to fortify defences in frontline Bakhmut

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukraine pledged on Monday to bolster its defences in frontline Bakhmut, after reports that Kyiv was withdrawing from the city that's become a symbolic prize in the war.

Bangkok Post

Russia steps up effort to take elusive prize of Ukraine city

The fate of Bakhmut appears to be hanging in the balance as Russian forces continue to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city

The Independent UK

🔴 Top military officials vow to defend Bakhmut, Zelensky says

Senior Ukrainian commanders and top generals supported continuing to defend the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut against Russian forces, Zelensky's office said Monday. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also said Monday that Bakhmut was more of symbolic than operational importance and that its capture by Russia would not necessarily mean…

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Wagner Chief Says Russian Position at Bakhmut at Risk without Promised Ammunition

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force warned that Russia's position around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was in peril unless his troops got ammunition, the latest sign of tension between the Kremlin and the private militia chief. Ukrainian military officials and analysts also reported leaders of Russia's 155th…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kyiv says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.

Bangkok Post

Russia’s Top Military Brass Brief Defense Minister on Current Situation, Plans

Top commanders of what Russia calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine have briefed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the current situation and action plans, his ministry said on Sunday. Shoigu paid a rare visit to Russia's forces deployed in Ukraine, awarding medals to military personnel and meeting senior commanders…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv vows to defend ‘fortress Bakhmut’ – as it happened

Eastern Ukrainian city has been mostly reduced to rubble during longest and bloodiest battle of the invasion

The Guardian - AU

Civilians flee Bakhmut as Russian and Ukrainian troops battle in streets of besieged city

The city is ‘almost destroyed’ says its deputy mayor

The Independent UK

Russia close to encircling Ukraine's Bakhmut after months of fighting

Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut recently, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war.

The Times of India

Ukrainian forces cling to Bakhmut under severe Russian pressure

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged around the besieged city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, British intelligence said. Read…

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The Guardian - AU

As it happened: street fighting in Bakhmut as battle rages for control of the city

UK intelligence says Ukraine attempting to reinforce contested city with elite units but resupply lines increasingly limited

Daily Mirror

Head of Wagner private army demands Putin sends defence minister's son-in-law to fight

Reuters

Russia tries to close ring around Bakhmut as thawing ground turns to mud

Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned eastern Ukraine's battlefields to mud which could hamper both sides as they try to take the initiative.

Reuters

West is using Ukraine to try to break up Russia - Defence Minister Shoigu

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the West on Thursday of using Ukraine to try to break up Russia, the world's largest country by territory, but he said any such attempt would fail.

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Al Jazeera

Wagner chief: Mercenaries slaughtered because of ‘shell hunger’

Yevgeny Prigozhin has repeatedly accused Russia’s military brass of deliberately starving his fighters of munitions.

The Guardian - UK

Boss of Wagner mercenary group accuses Russian army chiefs of ‘treason’

Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow is refusing to supply the group with munitions and other supplies in Ukraine

Reuters

Russian mercenary boss escalates row with top army brass with image of dead bodies

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin took a bitter public feud with the top army brass to a new level on Wednesday, publishing a grisly image of dozens of his fighters he said had been killed after being deprived of ammunition.

Reuters

Russian defence chief keeps job despite Ukraine routs thanks to Putin

His army has made three humiliating retreats in Ukraine in the past year and nearly 200,000 of his men have been killed or wounded according to U.S. officials, but Russia's defence minister is still in a job thanks to President Vladimir Putin.

The Guardian - AU

Sunak says ‘nothing off the table’ after Zelenskiy’s plea for fighter jets – as it happened

Ukrainian president earlier urged parliament ‘give us wings’ to protect freedom

Reuters

Russia: NATO involvement in Ukraine threatens 'unpredictable' escalation

Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday that Western arms supplies to Ukraine were effectively dragging NATO into the conflict, warning this could lead to an "unpredictable" escalation.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin threatened to target him with missile attack in BBC documentary

Boris Johnson said that Putin threatened to kill him with a rocket over the phone last year after the ex-UK PM paid a visit to Kyiv to show his support for Ukraine.

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