Ukrainian servicemen load a shell into a howitzer to fire towards Russian positions, near the frontline town of Bakhmut on March 2, 2023.DIMITAR DILKOFF

Russian troops and mercenaries were closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, on the cusp of Moscow’s first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.…

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