MOSCOW: The head of Russia's mercenary outfit Wagner said it could take months to capture the Bakhmut and slammed Moscow's "monstrous bureaucracy" for slowing military gains.
A Ukrainian serviceman covers his ears while firing a French 120-millimeter rifled towed mortar toward Russian positions in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk province, eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. AFP PHOTO
MOSCOW: The head of Russia's mercenary outfit Wagner said it could take months to capture the Bakhmut and slammed Moscow's "monstrous bureaucracy" for slowing military gains.