Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Wednesday that the embattled frontline town of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, could come under Russian control.
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He said: 'They have suffered big losses but at the same time we cannot rule out that Bakhmut may eventually fall in the coming days.' However, he played down the significance of the town, which Russia has carried out a months-long offensive to recapture, saying 'this does not necessarily reflect any turning point of the war and it just highlights that we should not underestimate Russia'. 
Four thousand people remain in Bakhmut, which has largely been levelled by Russian shelling. On Tuesday President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to fight on in the city, saying: 'There is no part of Ukraine about which one can say that it can be abandoned'

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