Bakhmut, a former mining hub now largely reduced to ruin, has been a key target of Russia’s months-long grinding campaign in eastern Ukraine. Capturing it would give Russian forces a long-awaited battlefield victory, and potentially pave the way for them to threaten major Ukrainian-held cities in the region, such as Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Ukrainian forces have reported “unprecedented bloody battles” in Bakhmut, as Kyiv continues desperately to hold off Russian offensives in the embattled eastern city. What advice can you to Ukraine regime ?
