The Ongoing Battle for Bakhmut in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group, has captured 70% of Bakhmut's city center, with founder Evgeny Prigozhin personally raising the Russian state flag over the ruins of the Ukrainian government building. The Ukrainian army still controls western Bakhmut and adjacent areas, but unless a spring counteroffensive is launched, they will likely lose the city to the invading army and mercenary formations. The Russian offensive has ground to a halt on nearly all other directions, with signs of Ukrainian army gathering strength for a counteroffensive.