Russia's Advances and Use of Deadly Munitions in Ukraine's Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries, claimed on Wednesday that his forces had captured the Ukrainian village of Zaliznyanskoye and made advancements in the city of Bakhmut. Bakhmut remains a site of intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Prigozhin's claims could not be verified by Newsweek. The Wagner Group gained international attention as it helped Russia make battlefield advances in the war in Ukraine, while Prigozhin made headlines for his alleged brutal tactics and his recruitment of convicts from prisons.