News Wire | May 5, 2023 Archive

Russia’s Wagner Boss Threatens Bakhmut Pullout in Ukraine

By David Rising | Associated Press (free)

The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor threatened Friday to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, accusing Russia’s military command of starving his forces of ammunition and causing them heavy losses.

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Early Results Show Tory Losses in England’s Local Elections

By Stephen Castle & Mark Landler | The New York Times

Britain’s Conservative Party suffered sharp losses Friday in local elections in voting viewed as a harbinger of its grip on power, early results showed. But the scale of the setback remained unclear, with thousands of regions still to declare winners.