ukraine has acknowledged that its troops in bakhmut are under severe pressure, and may have to pull out. meanwhile, kyiv has ordered some residents in the the north eastern city of kupiansk to leave, because of constant russian shelling from across the border. our reporter sofia bettiza has the story. russia is getting closer to its first major victory in half a year. in eastern ukraine, it is the wagner group, made up of tens of thousands of mercenary and ex convicts that have spearheaded defences. they have called on president zelensky to withdraw his troops from the city of bakhmut. translation: we have practically surrounded back mood, only one route out of the city remains. if earlier we were fighting against the professional army, we were fighting against the professionalarmy, now we were fighting against the professional army, now we are increasingly seeing old people
on our website. or you can use the bbc news app. now to the war in ukraine, and the head of russia s wagner group has said its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city that has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. yevgeny prigozhin said there was now only one route out of the city and he called on ukraine s president to withdraw his troops. ukraine has acknowledged that its troops in bakhmut are under intense pressure. casualties on both sides have been severe. in the latest developments, the governor of the kharkiv region has ordered the immediate partial evacuation of the town of kupiansk because of constant russian shelling. this involves hundreds of children and people with disabilities. evelyn farkas, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia and ukraine gave us her observations on the recent developments in ukraine. what we re looking
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