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Brutal Battle for Bakhmut Leaves Russia With an Uncertain Victory – WSJ

By Thomas A. Smith

The nine-month battle for the small Ukrainian city of Bakhmut effectively came to an end on Sunday, as Russian forces finally captured the last significant Ukrainian strongholds on its western edge.

While Kyiv disputes Russia s claim of controlling all of Bakhmut, Ukraine s top commander in the region, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy, has acknowledged that his forces retain a presence only in an insignificant part of the city, even as they push ahead on its flanks.

via www.wsj.com

We are hearing very little about the horrors of this war, except for the Russian war crimes against civilians. But it must be horrible indeed. Perhaps we will get more stories if the Ukrainians win.