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If bakhmut falls, that it could give russia an open road to drive deeper into ukrainian territory. ukrainian commanders have made the case that they can tie-down russian troops and bleed them out in the battle there, but there's another potential scenario. almost all of the roads around bakhmut and out of there for the ukrainians have been cut except for one dirt road, and there are still thousands of ukrainian troops believed to be inside defending parts of the city. so there is the potential scenario and reality that they could be surrounded and stuck in there, and that is another reason to ...

Bearings now in it. 13 u.s. service members were killed in that suicide bombing along with more than 100 afghan civilians. overseas, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy met today with u.n. secretary general antonio guterres. calling on russia to extend the deal allowing ukraine to export through the black sea. in eastern ukraine, russian troops may be on the verge of taking the city of bakhmut. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports tonight from that embattled region. >> reporter: if bakhmut falls, it will be russia's first major territorial gain after seven months of fighting. small towns and villages...

Losses by the russians are people who are oftentimes, you know, coming from prisons, taken into service. >> alex, you're there on the ground for us. if bakhmut falls, would this mark, from your perspective of what you're hearing, a significant shift in this war? >> reporter: it doesn't look like for all the reasons the general was listing, that this would be a significant strategic win for the russians. but as jill was just saying, they would claim this as a symbolic victory. but i have been speaking with soldiers, wolf, who say that we've been fighting on this front line, we've been fighting ...

Main river in bakhmut and that's significant because they're making progress towards the center of town. this is not what the ukrainian military was hoping for. >> one of the questions is how high of a price is putin willing to pay for a victory? >> reporter: well, i think that's right. a lot of attention has been paid to the cost of defending this town to the ukrainians but their point, their strategy and tactics and all this are much as they were in donetsk if you go back to last spring and that is holding as long as they can even bar bar sieged city and the attrition rate for the russians. ...