Ultimately, the battle for control of Bakhmut lasted more than nine months (from August 2022 until May 2023) and was one of the largest and most important battles of the second Russo-Ukrainian War.

The strategy was established by the Wagner private militia during the battle of Bakhmut (a city in eastern Ukraine) between ...

"We constantly track losses. Prigozhin claimed that Wagner lost 20,000 fighters killed in the battle for Bakhmut. Our calculations showed enemy losses of around 23,000 killed," Syrskyi said.

Bakhmut's deputy mayor told the BBC earlier ... Commanders on both sides have called the battle a "meat grinder." Even so, Russia has gradually inched forward, although monitors say that its ...

One of Russia’s most outspoken generals, sacked and detained after a withering attack on the Defense Ministry two years ago, ...

However, the advance was halted due to a shortage of personnel. The issue was clear on the battle map in General Aguto's office: Syrskyi's offensive on Bakhmut was depleting Ukraine's forces, the ...

During the infamous Battle of Passchendaele, the third major conflict at Ypres, more than 500,000 soldiers were killed. An enormous cost, for very little gain. In the hell of Bakhmut, some things ...

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None said how many friends they had just lost on the killing fields of Ukraine’s brutal battle in Bakhmut. Their unit was probing the Russian defences when it was detected and exposed. Enemy tanks ...

Join the BBC's Quentin Sommerville near the frontline in Bakhmut. He joins Ukrainian soldiers just 500 metres from Russian forces as they battle for the city in the Donbas region. It is a city ...

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