Ukraine updates: 75 percent of Bakhmut under control – Russia

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The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for April 10:

• The Moscow-installed head of the part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region controlled by Russia, Denis Pushilin, said Russian forces control “more than 75 percent” of the city of Bakhmut.
• The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Russian troops have switched to “scorched earth” tactics in Bakhmut and are destroying buildings as well as positions with air strikes.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, responding to the leaked Pentagon files, said there was a general tendency to blame Russia for everything.
• A commander in Russia’s aerospace forces said Moscow plans to overhaul and bolster its air defence forces in response to Finland’s accession to NATO.