The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Pro-Moscow official says Ukraine launched more than 10 drones on Crimean peninsula, including three on Sevastopol port.

Moscow (AFP) - Evacuations from the front line around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant prompted safety warnings from the UN nuclear watchdog on Saturday, as a string of recent strikes escalate predictions of a looming spring counteroffensive. 

The head of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group said on Saturday that he had still not received additional ammunition from Moscow ahead of the expected withdrawal of his forces from Bakhmut because of heavy losses and inadequate supplies.

Moscow (AFP) - Russia on Saturday blamed the US for an attack on a pro-Kremlin writer that killed his assistant and left him wounded.

Ukraine has accused Russian troops of using phosphorus munitions on the besieged city of Bakhmut.

UKraine has accused Russia of using the weapons on a number of occasions, the latest in the eastern city of Bakhmut

Wagner chief says his forces will pull out of Bakhmut while Ukraine says they are reinforcing positions; Zaporizhzhia villages near frontline evacuated

As the war enters its 437th day, we take a look at the main developments.

A threat by the leader of private Russian military company Wagner to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize a city in eastern Ukraine is another episode in his dispute with Russia’s regular military over credit and tactics

Moscow (AFP) - Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday threatened to pull frontline troops out of Bakhmut -- the epicentre of Ukraine's determined fight against Moscow's forces -- in an extraordinary attack on military chiefs ahead of an expected offensive by Kyiv.

Ukraine said on Friday Russia was bringing Wagner mercenary fighters from other parts of the front line to fight in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, and that Moscow wanted to capture the city in time for Victory Day celebrations next week.