The battle for Bakhmut, a small city in eastern Ukraine, has been raging for 10 months. It has become the focal point of the Russia-Ukraine War, with both sides determined to fight to the end. The city has been shelled to oblivion, and the pre-war population of 70,000 has dwindled to a few thousand. Despite the Ukrainian army’s successes elsewhere, the Russians and their Wagner mercenary forces never stopped attacking Bakhmut. The city has become a symbol of pride and defiance for the Ukrainian people, and a rallying cry of “Bakhmut Holds” has emerged. The battle for Bakhmut has been compared to Verdun in 1916, and the horrors of the war have been felt by all. Now, the Russians patrol the city, and the war continues to inch towards new places on the map. The strategic significance of Bakhmut remains in question, as the world awaits another bloody finale.
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