The Christmas ceasefire that wasn't
The city of Bakhmut has continued to see Russian strikes despite a 36-hour ceasefire unilaterally called by RussiaThe drive from Kostyantynivka to Bakhmut is like dropping off a cliff of civilisation.
The constant bangs of incoming artillery reinforce his point. Then, a shell lands 50 metres away from where we are speaking. Russian forces are on the eastern edge of the city a little over a mile away. They've thrown everything at trying to take Bakhmut since the summer in an attempt to push further west, but the city hasn't fallen.
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