The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked eastern city of Bakhmut

British defence chiefs believe the Russian military and Putin’s ‘private army’, the Wagner group, have succeeded in ‘tactical advances’ into Soledar

Market attack leaves at least two people dead; Ukrainian forces holding positions in Bakhmut under heavy attack, says Zelenskiy

Russia has stepped up a "powerful assault" led by the Wagner contract militia on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv said on Monday, describing a difficult situation for forces repelling waves of attacks around the salt mining town and nearby fronts.

Ukrainian soldiers, family and mourners have gathered in frigid weather in Kyiv to pay tribute to a soldier killed fighting against Russian forces in Bakhmut

The founder of Russia's most high-profile mercenary group said on Saturday he wanted his forces and the regular Russian army to capture the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine because it possessed "underground cities" that can hold troops and tanks.

Shellfire echoed on Saturday around the near-deserted streets of the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, current focus of the most intense fighting in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite Moscow's declaration of a ceasefire for Eastern Orthodox Christmas.

Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours for the Orthodox Christmas. The brief ceasefire declared by Putin earlier this week was supposed to begin at 0900 GMT Friday and would have been…

Images reveal extensive damage to buildings, homes, infrastructure and fields in and surrounding the city in eastern Ukraine