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Who are the Wagner Group and why are they so involved in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but their leader’s frank dispatches have increasingly rattled the Moscow establishment

The Independent UK

Newly released photos show devastation in Bakhmut

Newly released photos show the near total destruction of Bakhmut as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the damage caused by Russian forces to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Evening Standard

Wagner founder Prigozhin says his forces will leave Bakhmut from May 25 to June 1

The founder of Russia's Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that Wagner forces will leave Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city that it successfully took on Saturday after a months-long battle, from May 25 until June 1.

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Russia claims to have Bakhmut but top Ukrainian military leaders say the battle is not over

Russia claims it has won control of Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut after a grinding nine-month conflict in which tens of thousands of fighters have died

The Independent UK

Ukraine general ‘visits near Bakhmut’ amid rival claims

The commander of Ukraine's ground forces says he has visited front-line positions near Bakhmut after Russian officials said the city had been captured.

The New Daily

Russia's Prigozhin says Bakhmut territories captured as promised, will leave zone

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Sunday that his forces had captured all the territory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as promised and would leave the conflict zone later this week.

Reuters

Why is Bakhmut important in the Russia-Ukraine war?

The symbolic importance of the small city in Ukraine’s east now far outweighs any strategic value for either side.

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Zelensky says Bakhmut 'not occupied' by Russia

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Bakhmut was "not occupied" by Moscow, while the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group insisted his fighters had taken control of the eastern city "to the last centimetre".

AFP

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

The Independent UK

Ukraine denies fall of Bakhmut, says advancing in suburbs

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.

AFP

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

Ukraine denies Russia has seized control of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Ukraine denies loss of Bakhmut to Russia after epic battles

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Bakhmut had fallen to the Russians, his spokesman said Sunday, while admitting there was "nothing left" of the flattened city after the longest battle of the war.

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Evening Standard

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.

WEKU

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.

Reuters

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."

AFP

Moscow claims it has captured Bakhmut, epicentre of Ukraine fighting

Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Saturday it has captured the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, epicentre of the fighting, as President Vladimir Putin congratulated his troops and private mercenary group Wagner.

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The New Daily

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 Guardian - AU

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

AFP

Wagner claims Bakhmut captured, Kyiv says fighting ongoing

Moscow (AFP) - Russia's private army Wagner claimed Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the epicentre of fighting, as Kyiv said the battle was continuing, while admitting the situation was "critical".

The Guardian - UK

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

Al Jazeera

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’.

Evening Standard

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

Reuters

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.

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