Wagner claims transfer of Bakhmut to Russian army in Ukraine war.

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced that his forces have started withdrawing from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, with the aim of transferring control to the Russian army by 1 June. However, Ukraine says it still controls pockets of the city. Wagner mercenaries have led the fighting there for the Russian side, and Mr Prigozhin this week said that 20,000 of its fighters had died in Bakhmut. Despite Wagner's claims to be handing over Bakhmut, Ukraine has not conceded that the city has fallen.