The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine on Sunday denied Bakhmut had fallen to Russian troops in the longest battle of the war and said it was instead advancing around the suburbs, making it "very difficult" for Russian troops to stay in the devastated city.

Ukraine denies Russia has seized control of Bakhmut

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Ukraine rejects claim, says heavy fighting continues in the city and describes the situation there as ‘critical’.

Kyiv rejects Yevgeny Prigozhin’s claim to have captured Bakhmut and says fighting continues

Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war.

The head of the Russian private army Wagner claims his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials have denied it

Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians

Ukraine's military denied on Saturday that Russia's Wagner private military unit had taken full control of the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut and said its troops were continuing to fight there.