Ukrainians defending Bakhmut under severe pressure from Russian onslaught
by Guardian staff and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#69ETV)
Regular army and Wagner units advancing into northern suburbs of north-east Donetsk city, MoD reports
Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, according to British military intelligence, with intense fighting taking place in and around the eastern city.
Ukraine is reinforcing the area with elite units, while the regular Russian army and forces of the Russian private military Wagner group have made further advances into Bakhmut's northern suburbs, the UK Ministry of Defence said in its daily intelligence bulletin on Twitter.
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