The Ukrainian forces battling street-to-street to hold onto the city are surrounded on three sides, but they have refused to back down.
have said they're close to encircling the charred and ruined city entirely. But the leader of the private Wagner army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who's clashed in recent weeks with Shoigu and other top military brass over resources, said Monday that his forces needed backup and more ammunition.
"If everyone is coordinated, without ambition, screw-ups and tantrums, and carries out this work, then we will block the armed forces of Ukraine. If not, then everyone will be screwed," he said bluntly.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP There has been a swell of international outrage this week over a gruesome video showing the apparent execution of a Ukrainian soldier by Russian forces around Bakhmut.
Ukraine's Armed Forces' 30th Mechanized Brigade, on March 7, 2023, identified a soldier seen in an an apparent execution video as Tymofiy Shadura. The post said he went missing amid fighting near Bakhmut more than a month earlier.in his country — Zelenskyy lauded the slain soldier Monday night, repeating his"glory to Ukraine" salute and vowing to"find the murderers."
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