Russia-Ukraine war live: Wagner boss calls on Zelenskiy to order retreat from ‘practically surrounded’ Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner group, has called on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to order a withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut.

Bakhmut is “practically surrounded” by Wagner fighters with only one route left for Ukrainian forces, Prigozhin said in a video published today.

Prigozhin, wearing a military uniform in a video posted on his social…