Bakhmut, Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, is a major objective for Russian President Vladimir Putin and months of Russian shelling have already left much of it in ruins.
Posted: Feb 13, 2023 10:28 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoThe city of Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine was coming under heavy Russian artillery fire on Monday as Ukrainian forces there braced for possible ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials said.
With the first anniversary of Russia's invasion approaching and a big new Kremlin offensive anticipated, the situation there has become even more acute."The city, the city's suburbs, the entire perimeter, and essentially the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under crazy, chaotic shelling," said Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of Ukraine's Soboda battalion.
Donetsk and Luhansk regions make up the Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland. Russia partially occupies it and wants to win full control.Earlier on Monday, the Russian defence ministry said its troops had pushed forward a few kilometres along the front lines, without specifying exactly where in a war zone that encompasses several regions in the south and east.
and 11,756 injured since the start of the Feb. 24 invasion, mostly from shelling and missile and airstrikes. However, it believed the actual figure was far higher. NATO said on Monday it would increase targets for the stockpiling of ammunition as Kyiv is burning through shells much faster than Western countries can produce. A year of war in Ukraine has left allied stocks badly depleted.
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