On the largely static front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces that stretches over hundreds of kilometres – from the Black Sea in the south to Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia – Vuhledar has become one of the deadliest hot spots
. It has joined Bakhmut, Marinka and other cities and towns, particularly in the fiercely contested east, now synonymous with grinding and destructive attritional warfare and which have become symbols of Ukrainian resistance.
In Bakhmut, a soldier who allowed himself to be identified only by his war name, “Expert,” said the pulverized city in the Donbas’ Donetsk region “has become a stronghold ” for Ukraine. Battlefields around Vuhledar, southwest of Bakhmut and also in the Donetsk region, bear witness to the precious equipment and manpower that Russia is expending, with little territorial gain for now. Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles blown up by mines or stopped in their tracks by Ukrainian strikes are clumped together on the blasted, cratered terrain.
Russian forces being committed include mercenaries of the notorious Wagner Group, a private military company that has recruited fighters from prisons and tossed them into combat, with high casualty rates. Its millionaire owner with long-time links to Putin, former convicted felon Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Saturday that his fighters advanced into a settlement on Bakhmut’s northern outskirts. The Ukrainian military disputed that claim, saying Russian forces were repelled.
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