Ukrainian forces are attempting to trap Russian forces inside Bakhmut

“The issue now is that the Russians will just find themselves in an area that they might not even be able to stay in long term because the infrastructure does not exist.”

Bakhmut has become ‘insignificant’ and there is ‘nothing left’ of the town, says  Ed Arnold, research fellow at RUSI.

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