Fierce fighting in north of Ukraine’s Bakhmut, says Russian head of Wagner militia

Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut on February 3, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (File/AFP)

• Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the founder and head of the Wagner group, said his soldiers were “fighting for every street, every house, every stairwell”

The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Sunday that fierce fighting was ongoing in the northern parts of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of Russian forces’ attention for weeks.
Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the founder and head of the Wagner group, said his soldiers were “fighting for every street, every house, every stairwell” against Ukrainian forces who were not retreating.