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Been highlighted because it has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the world. we know that around bakhmut, both sides are using trenches. trenches are a crucial part of how russia has gone about fortifying all of the front line. that process has been mapped by the open source analyst. each one of these black dots marks a new russian fortification. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, this is a small but strategically important city. you can see it on the south of this satellite image, with ukrainian positions being further north. look what the russians have done. the abilit...

Analysts. everyone of these black marks is a new russian fortification. and we will focus on a couple of locations. all this city a couple of locations. all this city a small but strategic one. here it is on the south of the satellite image. with ukraine�*s positions further north. look with the russians have done. they put in a first offensive line, a second and then a third defensive line around then a third defensive line around the city itself. also in ukrainian media there are reports that rush is removing civilians from the city in order to further fortify. —— russians. we can unde...

Is also used. here, furthest from the front line, you have artillery positions. then the trench network for the soldiers to use. then what are called dragon's teeth. these are concrete obstacles the russians are using in the hope of stopping ukrainian tanks. tanks are also the focus of these enormous ditches, produced by these digging vehicles. and if we go back to this satellite image you can see the first line of defence is an anti—tank ditch. so that's one location. this is a second one that bbc verify has looked at. 0n the peninsular of crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014. this p...

The front line. that process has been mapped by the open source analysts brady africk, with each black dot here marking a new mapped fortification. and we can focus in on a couple of locations. a new russian fortification. and we can focus in on a couple of locations. first of all, tokmak. it is a small, but strategically important city. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. ukrainian positions will be further to the north and look what the russians have done. they have put in a first defensive line, a second defensive line we also know that in the ukrainian media, there are re...

And we can understand those fortifications better by looking at this satellite image. furthest from the front line are artillery positions. then you have a trench network for the soldiers. dragons' teeth — these are concrete obstacles placed to try and stop tanks in their tracks. also targeting tanks are these large ditches dug out by vehicles such as this. and if we go back to this satellite image, you can see that an anti—tank ditch is the very first line of defence. so that is one location we have looked at. here is another one that bbc verify is examining. it is on the crimean peninsul...