Ukraine: why the fight for Bachmut is still so fierce – politics

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“Bakhmut is holding out, despite everything,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday in his daily video address. “Although much of the city has been destroyed by Russian attacks, our soldiers are repelling the ongoing Russian advances.” For months now, the fiercest fighting of the war for the city of Bakhmut has been raging on the Donbass front. Pictures and videos show trenches and trench warfare like in the First World War. The British BBC was recently on site with a team in the background of the post, artillery fire roars constantly.

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