Russia has acknowledged that some of its soldiers have fallen back north of the city of Bakhmut in a retreat that the head of the Wagner mercenary group has called a “rout”. The Russians had repelled 26 attacks but troops in one area had fallen back to “regroup” in more favourable defensive positions near the Berkhivka reservoir northwest of Bakhmut, …
Wagner forces chief has called the move a ‘rout’ as Ukraine announced gains made around the battlefield city. Moscow has acknowledged that its forces had fallen back north of the battlefield city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a “rout”. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner forces that have …
