Mercenaries of the Wagner private military company have started to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and will be replaced by regular Russian troops, the group's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made a direct plea to the people of Iran, including those with influence in the government, to end their nation's support for Russia, which has been using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine.
Fresh from leading a military incursion across Russia’s border, commanders of anti-Kremlin armed groups taunted the Russian Army on Wednesday for its slow response and threatened Moscow with more to come.