In the initial days of the war, everyone thought that Ukraine would be crushed by Russia in a week. But the territorial and ...

Residents of Bakhmut describe the city before the war as cosy and comfortable to live ... "I had tears in my eyes when I saw photos of our concert hall after it had been hit - right where our ...

But he said the city, where the war's longest and ... saying that pictures of the Japanese city in ruins after bombing reminded him of present-day Bakhmut. He vowed there would be a similar ...

In the hell of Bakhmut, some things have not changed a century on. "Russia has seduced itself into believing that quantity can prevail and is still really fighting a 20th Century war," military ...

Bakhmut, with a prewar population of about 70,000, is a hub of roads and railway lines in a war where control of supply routes has been of critical importance. "Russia likely views seizing Bakhmut ...