Ukraine news latest — Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claim Bakhmut is ‘surrounded’ as Putin’s nuclear threats condemned

RUSSIA’S Wagner mercenary group has claimed Bakhmut which has been blasted to ruins was now almost completely “surrounded”. Yevgeny Prigozhin the head of Russia’s Wagner Group claimed the “the pincers are closing” around the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in a video message. The Wagner leader added there is only “one route” left out of city and called on Volodymyr Zelensky to order the evacuation of Ukrainian forces from the area. It comes as foreign ministers of the so-called Quad group denounced Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.  According to a statement issued after a meeting on Friday the group said “the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible”. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…