Russian forces likely threatening key Ukrainian supply line to Bakhmut, Britain says


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Ukrainian service members ride military vehicles near the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 6.OLEKSANDR KLYMENKO/Reuters Russian forces have very likely seized the centre of the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian forces to the west, British intelligence said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his troops would pull back from the small city, which has been the main focus of Russia’s assault on Ukraine for months, if they came under risk of encirclement. Asked to comment on the British report, a Ukrainian military...