KYIV: Residents of Ukraine's eastern hotspot of Bakhmut drop into a Kyiv support center for medical care and clothing, weeping for their shattered town as Russia claims full control.

Russia's Wagner mercenaries claim to have captured Bakhmut after months of intense attacks — while Ukraine insists it is still fighting in the destroyed city.

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