The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Russia has made Bakhmut the target of a winter push involving hundreds of thousands of reservists and mercenaries

UK Ministry of Defence says capture of city has become ‘highly challenging’ for the mercenary group

Ukraine endures the largest missile barrage in weeks; casualties mount in the battle for Bakhmut; a draft law in Georgia stirs anti-Russian sentiment

Ukraine has decided to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle there is pinning down Russia's best units and degrading them ahead of a planned Ukrainian spring counter-offensive, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The comments, by Mykhailo Podolyak, were the latest signal of a…

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Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

Two families dispute identity of soldier caught on camera calling ‘glory to Ukraine’ before being killed by Russian captors

Analysts say Ukraine is bleeding Russia of men and ammunition in eastern city as it prepares to counterstrike elsewhere.

Soldiers and analysts suggest defending city has become more of a political than practical issue, as Russian push continues