Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing its forces from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video published on Thursday.
Prigozhin announced the capture of Bakhmut on Saturday after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war.
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He said his fighters would pull out and regular Russian troops would move in to replace them.
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