Bakhmut

Crouched in a small forest, the leader of a Ukrainian commando unit briefs his troops before their mission to counter Russia's offensive to capture the city ...

But close to the objective, Max loses control. The drone is flying towards a forest around six kilometres from Russian positions. "We're able to fight, that's for sure, but the enemy always has the advantage in terms of artillery. On the screen the landscape below is clearly visible. That's why we are having to move back, but sometimes we advance," the officer says. "We're defending positions on the heights near the village.

From a mortar position behind a ridge beyond which frontline Ukrainian and Russian troops face off outside the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, ...

One woman who had arranged to be taken out of the increasingly dangerous town refused to leave when volunteers came to collect her, saying she was not ready. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story On the side of the next street a man prepared a fire to make shashlik while a woman sat nearby chatting.

These six-wheel BTR-4s are fast, flexible and—with their stabilized 30-millimeter autocannons and Barrier anti-tank missiles—hard-hitting.

The vehicle covers the infantry and the infantry covers the vehicle. A video of a BTR-4 in action in Bakhmut in early February highlights the vehicle’s strengths—and also its weaknesses. They’re excellent urban fighting vehicles, thanks to their maneuverability and the high rate of fire of their 2A72 autocannons. But the surviving vehicles still are in the fight. But the brutal, 10-month siege of Bakhmut spares no one and nothing. They might be from the Ukrainian national guard, the fighting force of the country’s interior department.

The Pentagon is concerned that Ukraine is using so many artillery shells in the city that it could lead to a shortage of ammunition.

The bombing is thought to have caused the death of close to 600 civilians who were among 1,200 people sheltering in the 60-year-old building. In the Ukrainian-held town of Avdiivka, Donetsk, police released video showing the evacuation of citizens, including nine-year-old Daryna and her parrot, Lemon. Ukraine on Thursday marked one year since the Mariupol theatre was attacked by Russia. [has for months been focusing its efforts on Bakhmut](https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-news-russia-best-units-grounded-bakhmut-2202909?ico=in-line_link), which it sees as a pathway to other urban areas in the separatist region of Donetsk. [Russia ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/russia?ico=in-line_link)has suffered up to 30,000 casualties on the battleground in [Bakhmut](https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-news-russia-best-units-grounded-bakhmut-2202909?ico=in-line_link) since last May, a British senior military adviser has said, as Ukrainian President Zelensky marked a year since the [Mariupol theatre](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/dead-bodies-mariupol-theatre-russians-2151851?ico=in-line_link) was bombed in one of the single deadliest attacks on civilians since the war started. [Ukraine ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/ukraine?ico=in-line_link)since [Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of his smaller neighbour](https://inews.co.uk/news/russia-news-ria-novosti-demands-liquidation-ukraine-ukrainians-war-crimes-civilians-putin-1558378?ico=in-line_link) on 24 February last year saying it had to be “denazified” and “demilitarised”.

Ukrainian fighters repulsed a fresh series of Russian assaults in Bakhmut and the surroundings of the city in the eastern region of Donetsk, Kyiv's military ...

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Russian military and Wagner Group forces have recently gained footholds west of the Bakhmutka River in the town of Bakhmut, according to a British Defense ...

The Russians will likely increase their “offensive potential” once personnel and munitions stocks are replenished. Ukrainian forces continue to defend the western portion of the town, the report said. The river, the ministry said, had recently marked the front line of the battle in the fighting in the Donbas town of Bakhmut.