Ukraine is repelling constant attacks on Bakhmut and other towns there by Russian mercenary group Wagner, Ukrainian authorities said
from the mines, believed to extend over 100 miles underground and contain auditorium-scale caverns.
Some 25 miles to the north in the town of Siversk, Ukrainian soldier Heorhil, 28, said each side was hitting the other with heavy artillery. Russian regular forces had replaced less well-trained fighters in the area, he said. Badly injured people lay on the ground and rescue workers sifted through piles of rubble, overturned and burning stalls, and a large crater, video footage from police and Ukraine's presidential office showed. A police officer carried a girl with blood on her face from the scene.
As the war grinds towards the one-year mark, Russia's military is under domestic pressure to deliver battlefield successes. Hawkish voices have sought escalation, after the loss of captured territory and high rates of death and injury.
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