Wagner head says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow

Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, sets a Russian-controlled Donetsk region flag atop of a damaged building in Bakhmut, Ukraine (Denis Pushilin/Telegram/AP)

The head of Wagner says his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military.

It comes days after he said troops from the Russian private military contractor had captured the ruined city.