Wagner Group Begins Withdrawal from Bakhmut Amid Ukraine Conflict
TL;DR
The head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced that his Russian paramilitary organization has begun to withdraw from the city of Bakhmut and will hand all its positions over to the regular Russian army by 1 June. Most analysts expect Ukraine to launch a counterattack, potentially threatening the Russian military’s hard-fought gains in Bakhmut and other areas of the front.
- Wagner group boss says its forces have begun leaving Bakhmut The Guardian
- Wagner says transferring Bakhmut positions to Russian army | Russia-Ukraine War Live | WION Live WION
- Russia's war in Ukraine: Live updates CNN
- Prigozhin: Wagner has started moving its forces out of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut | DW News DW News
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