KYIV: Ukraine pledged on Monday to bolster its defenses in Bakhmut after reports that Kyiv was withdrawing from the frontline eastern city that has become a symbolic prize in the war.

But Ukrainian forces fighting to retain control of it told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that its capture by Russia was inevitable and that some units had already begun to pull back.

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