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James, how strategically significant is bakhmut? because there are some experts saying or questioning whether the cost of defending it is worth it. well, this is the interesting question, overtly, bakhmut is not strategically important in tha it's not a communications or transport hub, yet both sides are fighting incredibly hard for this. the question is why? from the russian point of view, they clearly need some good news. they need some kind of victory after not a great winter so far, so they are throwing everything they possibly can at this to make some kind of progress, and they also want ...

The supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli, has said the scale of the war in the country is �*unbelivable' — with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed and more than 200,000 russian soldiers killed or wounded, including 1,800 officers. earlier i spoke to dr patrick bewree, a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath and a former british army captain. he says ukrainian forces are now trying to retreat west. what you have seen is politically the defence ministry and zelensky in ukraine set the ground, essentially, saying they are coming under increasi...

But these russian troops, say the ukrainian army, is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare 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, i 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 ...