Harrowing footage has emerged showing Ukrainian troops fighting off a Russian advance on ‘the last road to Bakhmut’ as fierce fighting continues for the devastated city
Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the city in recent days - it has been the centre of the war’s longest and bloodiest fighting.New footage has emerged showing Ukrainian soldiers defending their positions on the city's outskirts.
In the new clip a soldier can be seen jumping into a dugout with his comrades, one of whom has been shot and killed. Moments later a huge explosion blows up the entrance, where he was standing seconds earlier. The Russians then target the group with shells and the Ukrainian soldiers are forced to take cover in their dugout.
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg was visiting Ukraine today for the first time since the start of the invasion. "Wagner assault detachments are engaged in high-intensity combat operations to capture areas of western Bakhmut with airborne forces supporting on the flanks," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukrainian officials have said they are buying time by depleting Russian forces in the battle while Kyiv prepares a counteroffensive.
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