The fighting in eastern Ukraine is particularly bloody, especially in Bakhmout. The Russians are also trying to take control of Vouhledar, at a huge cost.
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Vouhledar is located in the south of the Donetsk region and had 15,000 inhabitants before the war. Today, all the buildings in the city are damaged and deserted by the inhabitants.
The Russians and the Ukrainians are engaged in a bloody battle. On the periphery, the Russian army is particularly vulnerable to Ukrainian artillery.
Reporters on site are rare. A Sky News journalist, however, took the risk of venturing into this city exposed to mortar fire.
Ukrainian soldiers say that Putin’s army is trying to take control of the city by sending a wave of conscripts to the front.
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“They come and go. They don’t stop, despite their losses. They advance on the corpses of their colleagues. They keep dying,” said a soldier in an interview with Sky News.
The distance between the Russian and Ukrainian military is in some areas less than a kilometer.
The soldiers sent to the front are then directly exposed to artillery.
Russian tanks at risk
Recently, in a video that has gone viral, we see several Russian “tanks” being destroyed by anti-tank weapons and enemy drones.
Despite the heavy losses, the Russian army does not want to stop its offensive towards this devastated city of Donbass.
The Ukrainians’ control of Vouhledar enabled them to strike at the Russian positions further south.