Ukraine updates: Bakhmut residents flee as Russia presses in
07 March 2023 |
10:26 am
Capturing the key city would give Moscow a rare battlefield gain after months of setbacks. But Kyiv says Russia is losing hundreds of fighters every day in Bakhmut. DW rounds up the latest.
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