doesn't show any signs of abating. >> reporter: the battle laying bare the stark divisions on the russian side. with wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin openly blasting russia's official military leadership, saying "they manage soldiers from beauty salons and country clubs." arguing that if there were more of his private troops they would be halfway across ukraine by now. the toll has been so severe on the russian side that according to ukrainian officials regular troops have been backfilling wagner, mechanized infantry and tank units supported by artillery and aircraft. if russia were to take bakhmut, it would change little but be a symbolic victory as ukraine struggles to keep them at bay. president zelenskyy today urging world leaders at the munich security conference to speed up their military aid, comparing the fight to goliath taking on david and his sling. >> we need to hurry up. we need the speed, speed of our