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During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine which commenced in February 2022, Bakhmut was the site of a major battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces. The city was largely destroyed, with most of its population having fled, and what remained being placed under Russian occupation.
Bakhmut, formerly known as Artemivsk, was the site of a 2014 battle between Ukraine and the self-declared separatist Donetsk People's Republic.
May 25, 2023 · Bakhmut emerged as one of Moscow’s primary targets in eastern Ukraine, with Russian officials calling it a necessary prize in the campaign to seize the entire region known as the Donbas....
- Cora Engelbrecht
Sep 21, 2023 · Ukrainian paramedics of 3rd Assault brigade prepare tea at a bomb shelter near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. When Ukrainian soldiers finally reclaimed Andriivka last week, it was at a high cost in lives. The village is significant largely because it’s on the road to the Russian-held city of Bakhmut.
Nato sources estimate five Russians are dying for every one Ukrainian in Bakhmut. Ukraine's national security secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, says the ratio is even higher at seven to one.
The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of this war so far. Western officials estimate between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed...
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Ukraine has drawn a line in the dirt, and that line is Bakhmut. It is a city that few say matters strategically, but that tens of thousands have died fighting over.
