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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...

Summer, for sovereignndensekt and they pulled out and it is a prestige fight for the russians but the ukrainians are losing a lot of people, too. and they, i think they need to husband, while pinning, russians which they've done, husband their strength, for this counter-offensive that we hear about, that will be either on one side or the other of the big mud that will be coming up soon. for the russians, this has been a mess. but it's also been a prestige fight between the russian army and that of wagner. so there is a lot of stuff playing on, just beyond the tactical fight. they need the am m...