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in friday's fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn's melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? >> reporter: well, we've just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that's what we're hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for...

It is impossible to tell how long ukrainian forces will manage to hold out. >> melissa bell, keep us posted there from kyiv, thank you so much. let's bring in retired army brigadier general pierce whack, senior defense attache to the russian federation and an author of a memoir in his time called "swimming the vulga," what does it mean if bakhmut were to fall? >> good to see you again. it will be a set daback, but no strategic. i think it would be a tactical, what we call operational setback, and the ukrainians have built already successful defense lines behind it, this does not create an op...