Russian forces carried out relentless attacks on Bakhmut, trying to encircle and storm the eastern Ukrainian city and claim their first major prize for more than half a year after some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. | Reuters
The leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said the Ukrainians were putting up “furious resistance” trying to hold the city at all costs.
Flames and smoke rose into the sky from blazing buildings. Constant gunfire and explosions rang out into the sky. Ukrainian armoured vehicles roared through the streets, while stray dogs wandered amid the mud and debris.A Ukrainian soldier said in a video he posted on Wednesday on messaging app Telegram that it was “a bit calmer” in Bakhmut.
Only a few thousand residents remain inside the ruined city from a pre-war population of around 70,000. In an audio message on social media, Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said the Ukrainian military was throwing extra reserves into the battle for Bakhmut. Russia says seizing Bakhmut would open the way to fully capturing the rest of the surrounding Donbas industrial region, one of its main war objectives. Ukraine says Bakhmut has limited strategic value but the losses have been so huge they could influence the future course of the war.Ukrainians and Russians traditionally view March 1 as the start of spring.
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