RUSSIA CLOSING IN ON CITY
Daily Star Sunday|March 05, 2023
THE Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is being hit by heavy gunfire after it was "practically encircled" by Russian paramilitaries.
SIAN HEWITT
RUSSIA CLOSING IN ON CITY

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia's brutal Wagner mercenaries, said there was just "one road remaining" out of the area and urged Ukrainian fighters to leave.

Ukraine has always said by it will defend "fortress" Bakhmut - a key eastern stronghold in the Donetsk region as long as it can.

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