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Fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. i m joined now by michael mackay, canadian defence analyst who writes about the war in ukraine. thanks forjoining us. firstly, there has been a lot of conflicting messages about how strategic bakhmut actually is. what is your view? my view as it is not very strategic. it is not a railhead, it is not a major industrial centre, as your report said, it is a city of about 75,000 people. in the overall battle front, it is not significant, so i think the analysts who report that it is of little strategic value are ....
To his forces in eastern ukraine, seizing bakhmut would be a rare military victory for him and his bosses in the kremlin. and perhaps a much needed diplomatic boost, after an international audience in india laughed at russia s foreign minister. the war which we are trying to stop, and which was launched against us using ukraine. audience laughs ..ukrainian people. but for now, ukrainian fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. large rallies have taken place across israel for the ninth consecutive week in protest at the government s plans to overhaul the judicial system. tens of thousands of ....
..ukrainian people. but for now, ukrainian fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james explained more about why the battle for bakhmut matters. this battle has been going on for over six months now. the fall of bakhmut has been long predicted, it has not happened so far. you are right, there is a question mark above this. why are both sides taking it so seriously, why are they allowing so many soldiers to die to try and take it and defend it? because if you talk to western analysts, officials they will all tell you that bakhmut has little strategic value in itself. it is not a garrison town, not a transport hub. it does not hold a particular geographic position ....
Against us using ukraine. audience laughs ..ukrainian people. but for now, ukrainian fighters on the ground in bakhmut still seem ready to fight their invaders every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. some breaking news now. in the past hour few the united nations and iran have announced an agreement has been reached that would allow un officials to carry out further inspections of tehran s nuclear programme. the announcement was made at the end of a two day visit to the capital by the head of international atomic energy agency, rafael grossi. his trip followed the discovery of traces of uranium, enriched to near weapons grade level, at an underground nuclear plant in iran. here s mr grossi speaking a little earlier. ....
For what western analysts call a controlled fighting withdrawal from parts of the city. local officials insist ukraine still controls bakhmut but accept there is now fighting in the streets. translation: the city is almost destroyed, not a single - building has remained untouched. the bridges are destroyed, currently there is no communication in the city so it is cut off. the russians are shelling everything, they have no goal to save the city. they want to destroy bakhmut like they did with mariupol. russia broadcast pictures of its defence minister making a rare flying visit to his forces in eastern ukraine. for him and the kremlin, seizing bakhmut would be a rare victory and they hope a stepping stone to gaining more territory. but for now ukrainian fighters on the ground still seem ready to fight them every inch of the way, with russia paying a much higher and bloodier price. ....