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vow to fight on. "we wont give up bakhmut. we will hold on until the very last. glory to ukraine, death to the enemies." and the wagner boss in an audio message, acknowledges the ukrainians arent budging. >> translator: the ukrainian army is throwing extra reserves into bakhmut and trying to hold the town with all their strengths. tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are repelling the attacks. bloodshed increases every day. >> reporter: wagner mercenaries are the spearhead of the in...

Heavy casualties and having to be rotated out. the ukrainians, for their part, are saying their forces are clinging on, not thinking of retreating. jake? >> fred pleitgen, thanks so much. secretary of state antony blinken sent a forceful warning to the chinese government that sending any lethal aid to russia would lead to steep economic consequences. blinken, while in central asia, said beijing cannot act if its interested in peace at the same time it considers getting involved in putins war. th...