Tag: Bakhmut
Ukraine frontline fighting: the Battle for Bakhmut – BBC News
In the east of Ukraine fighting continues to rage over the city of Bakhmut. It’s the longest-running battle since the Russian invasion. Bakhmut has been fought over for seven months and tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian troops have been killed there. Huw Edwards presents a BBC News at Ten special report by Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway – who spent time on…
Inside Ukraine’s longest battle in the city of Bakhmut – BBC News
In Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, two Ukrainian army brigades defending the city’s southern flank gave the BBC access to their positions as fierce fighting continued in and around the city. The men have spent months facing regular Russian army forces, and prisoners recruited by the Wagner private military group, who have swarmed their trenches in droves. The troops said Russian casualties far outweigh theirs, but…
Inside Bakhmut where Ukrainian and Russian fighting continues – BBC Newsnight
The eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut has been the site of one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts of the war. The ferocity and the length of the battle has cost many thousands of lives on both sides so far and left each desperately short of ammunition. Yet the frontline town in the country’s Donbas region is said to be of little strategic value. So…
NATO Official: Russia Lost 5 Times More Soldiers Near Bakhmut Than Ukraine
ISW Report Suggests Russian Army’s Offensive Capabilities Hampered by Bakhmut Defeat The post NATO Official: Russia Lost 5 Times More Soldiers Near Bakhmut Than Ukraine appeared first on Rich TVX News: Breaking News and Latest Videos.
Russia surrounds Bakhmut as Ukraine sends in troops
Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed enormous resources to holding Bakhmut, a coal-mining town that has acquired emblematic importance to both sides. Russian troops have been launching probing attacks on a wide front in Donetsk, half of which they now occupy. But their main effort has been…
Decrease in Wagner PMC’s influence in Bakhmut
PMC ‘Wagner’ captures village of Blagodatnoye, creating problems for Ukrainian defense The post Decrease in Wagner PMC’s influence in Bakhmut appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.