After months of intense fighting, Russian forces are close to fully capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from guardian, Reuters, dcexaminer:
The US Institute for the Study of War has concluded, “Ukrainian forces appear to be setting conditions for a controlled fighting withdrawal from parts of Bakhmut.
” Volodymyr Nazarenko, a deputy commander in the National Guard of Ukraine said, “The task of our forces in Bakhmut is to inflict as many losses on the enemy as possible… There are many more Russians here than we have ammunition to destroy them.”Featured Coverage of this Story
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