Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Ukraine forces under severe pressure in Bakhmut, UK military says

* Germany is making slow progress in enforcing sanctions against Russian oligarchs and institutions, according to government numbers seen by Reuters on Saturday. * The United States announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday worth $400 million and primarily comprised of ammunition, but that for the first time will include tactical bridges to move tanks and armored vehicles.

Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, British military intelligence said on Saturday, with intense fighting taking place in and around the eastern city. FIGHTING

* Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu paid a rare visit to Russia's forces deployed in Ukraine, his ministry said on Saturday. * Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut on Friday, aiming to completely encircle the besieged Ukrainian city and score Moscow's first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.

* Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, said in a video published on Friday that Bakhmut was "practically surrounded" by his forces and Kyiv's forces had only one road out left. *On Saturday, Prigozhin published a video showing what he said were coffins containing bodies of Ukrainian soldiers being repatriated to territory held by Kyiv.

WEAPONS, SANCTIONS AND DIPLOMACY * German defence contractor Rheinmetall is in negotiations about building a tank factory in Ukraine, the newspaper Rheinische Post reported on Saturday, citing an interview with CEO Armin Papperger.

* In addition to Leopard 2 tanks, German armaments company Rheinmetall wants to buy 96 Leopard 1 tanks from Swiss defence firm Ruag to send to Ukraine, the Swiss newspaper Tages- Anzeiger reported on Saturday. * Germany is making slow progress in enforcing sanctions against Russian oligarchs and institutions, according to government numbers seen by Reuters on Saturday.

* The United States announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday worth $400 million and primarily comprised of ammunition, but that for the first time will include tactical bridges to move tanks and armored vehicles. * U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Friday to keep imposing costs on Russia for its war in Ukraine.

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of hypocrisy after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia cannot be allowed to wage war in Ukraine with impunity. ENERGY, ECONOMY

* Russia's ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed, sources say. STORIES ABOUT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE WAR BEGAN

* TIMELINE - Major developments since Russia's invasion * Ukraine's Zelenskiy has defied Putin against the odds

* Putin, secure in power, has set the stage for long war * A year on, Ukraine and its government have not just survived. They've fought back

* Toughened by war's scars, Kyiv presses on * Graphics of a year of war in the markets: How the dollar, energy and food prices swirled

* Russian economy holds up but the road back to prosperity may be long * Moscow's decades-old gas ties with Europe lie in ruins

* Top brands pull out of Russia, but goods easy to find * Can U.S. support for Ukraine last?

* External backers pour billions into Ukraine * How has China stood by 'no limits' partner Russia?

* Life and death in Mariupol - a survivor's tale of war * Family mourns Bucha victim who became symbol of war

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