Clashes near Bakhmut continue, Ukraine says

MOSCOW — Despite a recent easing of combat in Bakhmut, clashes around the obliterated city in eastern Ukraine continue with Moscow suffering losses, Kyiv's armed forces said on Sunday.

Ukraine's top military command said in its daily report that Russian forces had carried out two unsuccessful operations around Bakhmut and launched a number of airstrikes and artillery shelling on nearby villages.

The head of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group said on Saturday that 99 percent of his fighters had left Bakhmut.