The hard decision to sacrifice Bakhmut will be terrible for Ukraine's morale. ... Up to 30,000 Russian troops may have been killed in the battle of Bakhmut alone over the past six months.

KHARKIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian Army was close to losing a key battle of the war. A single, tenuous supply road for Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the streets of the eastern city of Bakhmut was ...

The battle for Bakhmut would ultimately set the stage for the entire conflict and the tactics, techniques, and procedures of future infantry engagements between the UAF and the Russian ground forces.

But the three-day battle provides a telling example of how Ukraine hopes to exploit the very public divisions among the three principal Russian forces fighting in Bakhmut: the Wagner private ...

Like the current battle for Bakhmut, it too became emblematic of Ukraine’s tenaciousness to defend itself against Russia’s aggression – particularly considering the Ukrainian Armed Forces ...

FILE - video footage of Bakhmut shot from the air with a drone for The Associated Press on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, shows how the longest battle of the year-long Russian invasion has turned the city ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian forces repelled multiple Russian attacks Saturday in fighting around Bakhmut, which has come down to a yard-by-yard battle for vital roads that supply the city's defenders.

At the weekend, Prigozhin acknowledged that the battle in Bakhmut was “difficult, very difficult, with the enemy fighting for each meter.” In another video message, ...

Stephanie Sy: In Bakhmut, Russian soldiers walked through a city they destroyed and now claim they have conquered. A brutal nine-month battle has devastated the 400-year-old city, which had a ...

The Battle of Bakhmut, as a result, embodies Russia's ill-planned adventure in Ukraine. Even if Russian forces succeed in taking Bakhmut, ...

The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation inside Bakhmut, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the city was not fully occupied. Originally Published: May 22, 2023 at 8:38 PM EDT ...