Wagner head says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow
It comes days after Yevgeny Prigozhin said troops from the Russian private military contractor had captured the ruined city.
World News|May 25, 2023
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Wagner has lost 20,000 fighters in battle for Bakhmut, chief says
Yevgeny Prigozhin also said the Kremlin’s forces have killed civilians during the war.
World News|May 24, 2023
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Russian forces ‘shoot down drones after cross-border attack’
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Russian troops shot down the drones overnight.
World News|May 24, 2023
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Russia fights ‘incursion’ from Ukraine for second day
Ukrainian officials blamed the incident on Russian guerrilla groups bent on changes at the Kremlin.
World News|May 23, 2023
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Russia alleges border incursion by Ukrainian saboteurs
Kyiv officials denied any link with the group and blamed the fighting on a revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin.
World News|May 22, 2023
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Belarusian journalist pulled off diverted flight ‘receives presidential pardon’
Raman Pratasevich made several confessional appearances on state television that critics claimed happened under duress.
World News|May 22, 2023
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Battle for Bakhmut is not over, says Ukraine
Deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian troops hold some areas in the city’s south-western outskirts.
World News|May 22, 2023
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Ukrainian nuclear power plant switches to emergency generators
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has warned the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is ‘extremely vulnerable’.
World News|May 22, 2023
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Zelensky denies Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the ground in the invasion’s longest battle.
World News|May 21, 2023
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Zelensky confirms Russia has taken control of Bakhmut
Mr Zelensky said at the G7 summit in Hiroshima ‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts’.
World News|May 21, 2023
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Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
The eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine is the longest and probably most bloody of the conflict in Ukraine.
World News|May 20, 2023
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Nottingham Forest upset Arsenal to clinch safety and hand Manchester City title
Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal had major significance at both ends of the table.
UK Sport|May 20, 2023
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Russian private army head claims his forces have control of Bakhmut
This claim was contradicted by Ukrainian officials.
World News|May 20, 2023
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Mastermind behind iSpoof fraud website jailed for more than 13 years
Tejay Fletcher, 35, founded the site which supplied criminals with tools to con victims out of £100 million.
UK News|May 19, 2023
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Death toll rises to 13 as rescue workers bid to reach towns cut off by floods
Officials warned that some villages were still cut off because landslides had made roads impassable and phone lines had been severed.
World News|May 18, 2023
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