The defense of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region lasted nearly 10 months, from August 2022 to May 2023, and became one of the fiercest battles of the Russian-Ukrainian war. After being occupied by ...

Ukraine Maps Show Counteroffensive 'Successes' Near Bakhmut Published Oct 06, 2023 at 7:51 AM EDT Updated Oct 07, 2023 at 10:58 AM EDT By Isabel van Brugen ...

Russia captured Bakhmut, theatre of some of the bloodiest fighting of the 20-month-old war, in May. Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in June aimed at retaking occupied land in the country's ...

On Bakhmut's northwestern edge, Russia had control over a vast maze of trenches. Ukrainian attempts to retake them had been a bloody failure. Then Special Forces were sent in.

Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut expect to fight until war ends By Inna Varenytsia February 5, 20244:35 AM PSTUpdated February 5, 2024 ...

An aerial view of Bakhmut, Ukraine, in June 2023 AP Photo/Libkos A US Army veteran who fought in Bakhmut also described the difficulties of staying alive in a city with so many drones.

1 A Ukrainian soldier from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade fires an AK-74 assault rifle at Russian positions near Bakhmut on March 6. Despite artillery and equipment shortages, Kyiv's troops are ...

RFE/RL photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko captures a day in the life of a Ukrainian mortar unit engaging Russian positions near the devastated city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine says Russian troops focusing on Bakhmut in the east By Reuters November 20, 20234:26 PM PSTUpdated November 20, 2023 ...