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Russia has been retreating for several weeks, Thursday, October 20, in the majority of Ukraine. But to BakhmoutVladimir Putin’s army continues to advance with the aim of capturing this city of 80,000 inhabitants where he … not more than 10,000 people remain.
The city’s fire chief Bakhmout is used to speeding through the streets of his city. Residents call him after detecting suspicious objects that could be bombs. Each exit in this besieged city, constantly bombarded, is a perilous operation. The two firefighters arrive at the people who contacted them and inspect the suspicious object. False alarm, it’s an abandoned phone under a piece of paper, unimportant. “We were so scared. Our house has just been bombed too“, testifies the owner of the premises.
A fear that the whole city knows. The shelling became a background noise with the Russians three kilometers away. “Bakhmout is currently the hottest corner of the country. The Russians made it clear that they wanted to capture the city within a month”ifworry yurii gallichfire chief. “Bakhmout is one of the few places where the Russians are still on the offensive. It is Wagner’s militiamen who are on the move and are putting all their forces into the battle to obtain this symbolic victory, but the Ukrainians are resisting”informs Mark of Chalvronspecial envoy to Bakhmout.