15:17 UTC+8, 2023-05-21        Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken full control of the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, while the Ukrainian side said the situation there was critical.   15:17 UTC+8, 2023-05-21        Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken full control of the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, while the Ukrainian side said the situation there was critical. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia's Wagner private military group, said in a video message posted on his Telegram channel that Wagner will begin to withdraw its units on May 25 for rest and retraining, and its fighters will create "the necessary lines of defense.

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