Why does Ukraine keep up the costly defense of Bakhmut?

Episode #1 is dedicated to Ukraine’s military strategy in Bakhmut, an embattled city in Donetsk Oblast in the east of Ukraine. The battle for Bakhmut has already proven to be one of the most brutal and costly fights of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

 

Anastasiia is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell, who has traveled to the front line in the east of Ukraine multiple times, reporting from Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Sviatohirsk, and other locations.

 

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To learn more:

 

What is happening in Bakhmut and what does it mean for Russian-Ukrainian war? – https://bit.ly/42SbAC3

 

Surviving Avdiivka: Russia intensifies assault on city deemed a ‘second Bakhmut’ – http://bit.ly/3nyjpMX

 

‘I work, then I cry’: Exhausted medics near Bakhmut fight for every life – http://bit.ly/3TXEXi6

 

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Anastasiia Lapatina:

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Francis Farrell:

Twitter – https://twitter.com/francisjfarrell

 

The episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.