Fight for Bakhmut goes on as Ukraine continues to hold city
by Isobel Koshiw in Pokrovsk from World news | The Guardian on (#69FQ1)
Wagner group oligarch warns entire frontline could collapse amid shortages of ammunition in battle for Ukrainian city
Intense fighting has continued in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as both Kyiv and Moscow seemingly struggle with ammunition shortages and mounting casualties.
Russian oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who controls the mercenary Wagner force that is leading the Russian offensive in Bakhmut, warned late on Saturday that if his men were forced to withdraw, it could lead to a collapse of the entire Russian frontline.
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