Wagner forces may withdraw from Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut because of growing casualties and an acute shortage of ammunition, said the mercenary group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The Pentagon and the European Union on Wednesday announced a transatlantic agreement to strengthen defense cooperation and share more information with each other moves that both say are important now that war has returned to the Continent.
The longest, bloodiest battle of the war now involves close combat on the streets and between apartment blocks Russia and Ukraine continue to pour in reinforcements. into Bakhmut.
Unlike U.S. military soldiers killed in action, Americans who die in Ukraine receive little or no official fanfare. The International Legion rarely confirms deaths and did not answer questions about Steve Munroe and Skyler Gregg. A spokesperson declined to provide an overall casualty count.