Ukrainian defenders repelled more waves of Russian assaults on Bakhmut, the military said on March 29, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Kyiv cannot afford not to win the battle for the eastern city that has become the focal point of Russia's protracted offensive in the east.
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Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."
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Ukraine has vowed to continue to fight for the eastern city of Bakhmut, a brutal monthslong battle that has left heavy casualties on both sides, as Russia's defense minister kept up a morale-building effort in the war zone and the head of the Wagner mercenary group stoked further tensions with Russia's military commanders.
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Ukrainians and Russians have celebrated Orthodox Christmas as fighting persisted despite Russia's unilateral call for a 36-hour cease-fire that Ukraine said was only a ploy by Russian President Vladimir Putin to reposition and reinforce his troops.
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For the paratroopers of a Ukrainian airborne brigade, there’s only one way to describe the waves of Russian infantry who are relentlessly pressing the Ukrainian lines in and around this Donbas city: Meat.
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Russian forces have launched an offensive on Bakhmut and several other cities in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, where heavy fighting has been going on for weeks, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on August 6, as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
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