The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged around the besieged city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, British intelligence said. Read…

UK intelligence says Ukraine attempting to reinforce contested city with elite units but resupply lines increasingly limited

Yevgeny Prigozhin says his troops are fighting against old men and children in besieged eastern Ukraine town

Russian troops and mercenaries have been closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, on the cusp of Moscow's first major

UK military intelligence says Bakhmut under ‘increasingly severe pressure’

Russian troops and mercenaries were closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, on the cusp of Moscow's first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war. The head of Russia's Wagner private army said the city, which…

Fighting has been raging ‘round the clock’ as Russia battles to gain control of the city

Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader on Friday. Russian forces have been attacking Bakhmut in Donetsk province…

More than 170 attacks repelled on war’s frontlines in past 24 hours, says Ukraine