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Russian troops could be snared in 'mousetrap' Ukrainian city as '100,000 killed'

Kyiv sources are claiming that more than 100,000 soldiers have been killed battling for Bakhmut and that Ukraine’s soldiers will encircle them in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023

Fall of Bakhmut would signal ‘a Pyrrhic victory for Wagner’

We speak to a Ukrainian military expert, serviceman and analysts on what the possible capture of Bakhmut means.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2023

Ukraine says advances on Bakhmut’s flanks trap Russians

Ukraine says its forces north and south of Bakhmut are advancing to entrap Russians inside the ruined city Moscow says it captured.

The New Daily · May 22, 2023

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 · May 22, 2023

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.

Reuters · May 22, 2023

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 · May 22, 2023

Russians celebrate reports that ‘fortress Bakhmut’ has fallen

Ukraine’s president is denying claims that the eastern city is under Russian control after months of heavy battle.

Al Jazeera · May 21, 2023

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 · May 21, 2023

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 · May 21, 2023

Ukraine's Zelensky denies that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut

The monthslong battle has led to heavy losses on both sides.

Axios · May 21, 2023