Russian and Ukrainian forces were fighting in the streets of Bakhmut last night as its 4,000 remaining citizens hunkered down in shelters.
Stranded with no water, power or telecommunications, the city in eastern Ukraine is “almost destroyed”, but is not yet under Russia’s control, its deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko said.
He accused the Russians of having “no goal” but wanting to commit “genocide of the Ukrainian people”.
