Sky's haynesdeborah settles into the frontline to see how Ukrainian soldiers are handling the harsh winter conditions and the constant bombardment from Russian Troops. Read her eyewitness report:
Russian forces appear determined to try to take the town after suffering humiliating defeats in other parts of the country.
One soldier, a company commander who asked to go by his first name Maks, vowed the Russians would never succeed. In a trip on Monday that was cut short by the artillery attack, Maks and other members of a battalion in Ukraine's 24th King Danylo Brigade showed Sky News around a line of trenches they were digging as part of efforts to help defend Bakhmut.Armed with a shovel, a soldier called Serhii cut away at chunks of earth as he made a square-shaped trench.
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