Ukraine Clings to Bakhmut; Russia Says It Battles Saboteurs in Cross-Border Raid

Ukraine Clings to Bakhmut; Russia Says It Battles Saboteurs in Cross-Border Raid
A general view shows a building damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Feb. 27, 2023. Alex Babenko/Reuters
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CHASIV YAR, Ukraine—Ukrainian forces hung on to positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut on Thursday, while Moscow said its security forces had battled Ukrainian saboteurs who had taken hostages in a cross-border raid.

Russia’s FSB security force said the situation was now “under control” in Bryansk Province just north of the Ukrainian border. Earlier Moscow had said armed Ukrainians had crossed the frontier, fired on a car killing one person and wounding a child, and held hostages in a shop.