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Ukraine aims to encircle Bakhmut as Russia says it captures city

Ukraine said on Sunday that its forces were still advancing around the edges of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle the ruined eastern city after Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for capturing it.

Reuters

Ukraine: Zelenskiy denies Russian claims to have taken Bakhmut

‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing ... just ruins and dead Russians,’ says Ukraine’s president

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says troops still engaging Russian forces in Bakhmut after Moscow announces victory in city

Ukrainian military officials say that soldiers are still engaging Russian forces in fierce battles in and around Bakhmut

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Wagner chief says he will pull fighters out of Bakhmut after ‘capturing city’

Ukraine denies Russia has seized control of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Bakhmut ‘not occupied’ by Russian forces insists Zelensky despite catastrophic damage to city

Volodymyr Zelensky has denied that Bakhmut is occupied after Russian forces claimed to have captured the city.

Evening Standard

Zelenskyy denies Moscow's claims that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut

Russia has claimed victory in the invasion's longest battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fight for Bakhmut was not over. "We are not throwing people (away) to die," he said.

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Zelenskiy says Bakhmut still in Ukraine's hands

Ukraine said on Sunday that it was still fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said earlier that the city remained "only in our hearts."

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Russian mercenary chief taunts Biden and Zelenskiy, claims capture of Bakhmut

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says his Wagner fighters have completed the capture of Bakhmut but Ukraine has rejected the claim.

The New Daily

Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened: Kyiv says situation in Bakhmut ‘critical’ after Wagner claims control of city

Ukraine denies Wagner claim that city has fallen and says fighting ongoing in some parts

The Guardian - AU

Providing Ukraine with F-16 jets a ‘colossal risk’ for west, Russia says

Warning comes after Joe Biden said US would back joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots to fly fighter jets

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv says Bakhmut situation ‘critical’ as Wagner claims control

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

Al Jazeera

Wagner chief claims private army in full control of Bakhmut as Ukraine says ‘situation is critical’

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

Evening Standard

Key moments in the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine's east

The battle for the small city of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region has become the longest and bloodiest of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia says Ukrainian city of Bakhmut captured

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.

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The Independent UK

Russian private army head claims control of Bakhmut, war's longest battle

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

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

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

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin claims capture of Bakhmut, Ukraine says fighting goes on

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had completed the capture of Bakhmut, but Ukraine rejected the claim and said fighting was still going on.

Evening Standard

Russia left with ‘few uncommitted combat units’ in Ukraine amid battle for Bakhmut

Russia has been left with few uncommitted combat units in Ukraine as it seeks to reinforce its position in Bakhmut, British defence chiefs say.

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Evening Standard

Head of Wagner Group admits Bakhmut ‘unlikely to be taken’ by Russia in the coming days as Ukraine digs in

The head of the Wagner Group has admitted his private mercenary group won’t be able to take Bakhmut in the coming days despite months of fighting.

The Independent UK

It’s the safe haven surrounded by jihadist radicals, Russian mercenaries and madcap dictators. Can it cling on?

Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum tells Kim Sengupta his beacon of democratic stability wants to forge deeper partnerships with the UK and other Western powers

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days

Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the next two days as fighting raged around Ukrainian soldiers holed up in a makeshift "fortress" in the south of the city.

Al Jazeera

Bakhmut battle rages as Ukraine claims advances, Russian retreat

The Institute for the Study of War says Ukrainian forces have seized the ‘tactical initiative’ in Bakhmut.

The New Daily

Explosions as air raid alerts sound throughout Ukraine

Ukraine's military has mobilised anti-aircraft units after air raid alerts sounded throughout the country amid reports of Russian drone attacks.

The Independent UK

Ukraine repels Russian forces in Bakhmut after overnight strikes on Kyiv

Vladimir Putin’s forces hammer Ukraine capital for the ninth time this month

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russian retreats reported

Ukraine's military and Russia's Wagner private army both reported fresh Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned major counteroffensive.

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