said on Monday that continuing to fight in Bakhmut is a "military necessity" for his country. Ukrainian officials say that fighting there allows it to grind down Russia's overall military strength.

Bakhmut has lost most of its pre-war population since the start of the Russian invasion Between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded in the battle for the Ukrainian city ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Russia claims to have captured Bakhmut after 10 months of battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed back on the victory claim at the G7 summit.

Russian forces have spent the past six months trying to capture Bakhmut. Now they have intensified their onslaught - Ukraine believes - to tear it down ahead of the anniversary of the invasion.

Russian soldier Ruslan Anitin was one of the last fighters alive in his unit on the front lines of Bakhmut after Ukrainian drones dropped explosives on his comrades. Battlefield footage shows how ...