to try to stop the ukrainian offensive. his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70,000 people used to live here. almost all of them have left. when i was last in bakhmut in the summer, there was shelling, but it was still more or less functional some buses running, a few shops open but now look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional
of the artillery war in donbas. was shelling, but it was still more or less functional some buses running, a few shops open but now look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional president putin s attempt to subdue
his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70,000 people used to live here. almost all of them have left. when i was last in bakhmut in the summer, there was shelling, but it was still more or less functional some buses running, a few shops open but now look at it. desolation. this is what months
for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70,000 people used to live here. almost all of them have left. when i was last in bakhmut in the summer, there was shelling, but it was still more or less functional some buses running, a few shops open but now look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town.
down most of them. our international editor jeremy bowen has spent the last week travelling through ukraine, from the frontline battlefields of the donbas, to the villages in kherson, where some of russia s best troops are concentrated to try to stop the ukrainian offensive. his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70,000 people used to live here.