"Russia's Ongoing Military Actions in Ukraine: Latest Developments"

The leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary force has said his forces will leave Bakhmut, which they have been trying to capture since last summer, because of heavy losses and inadequate ammunition supplies. However, Ukraine said Wagner fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize the eastern city before that date. Meanwhile, authorities in the Russian-occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia have begun evacuating villages near the frontline, and engineers have reduced the risk of a dam bursting and damaging the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.