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Head of Russia’s Wagner Group Says He’ll Pull Mercenaries from Besieged Ukrainian City

HeadlineMay 05, 2023

In Ukraine, the head of the Wagner Group says he will pull his Russian mercenary forces out of the besieged city of Bakhmut on May 10, after he blasted Russia’s military for failing to provide enough ammunition. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a statement Wagner’s remaining troops would withdraw to logistics camps to “lick our wounds.”

Meanwhile, the Kremlin has accused the United States of planning what it said was a drone attack on Wednesday aimed at the official residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House dismissed the allegations as ludicrous.

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