Wagner Group Claims Control of Ukraine's Bakhmut

Russia's Wagner Group claims "legal" control of Ukraine's Bakhmut, but Ukrainian officials deny the town has fallen and say their forces have repelled over 20 enemy attacks. Ukrainian military commanders have said their own counteroffensive is not far off, but have stressed the importance of holding Bakhmut in the meantime. In other news, a US journalist has been arrested on espionage charges in Russia, drawing outrage from the West and escalating the Kremlin's confrontation with the media.