In Ukraine, Bakhmut Becomes a Bloody Vortex for 2 Militaries

NYT WORLD: In Ukraine, Bakhmut Becomes a Bloody Vortex for 2 Militaries
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: November 27, 2022 at 02:00AM
Even as they have celebrated successes elsewhere, Ukrainian forces in one small eastern city have endured relentless Russian attacks. And the struggle to hold it is only intensifying.

27, 2022 BAKHMUT, Ukraine — For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending: Ambulances, an armored personnel carrier and private vehicles all screamed to a halt, one after another, and disgorged the wounded in front of the city’s only military hospital. A soldier propped up by his comrades, his face a mass of mangled flesh, walked in the main gate.” Zelensky urged European nations Friday to remain united over the issue of imposing a price cap on Russian oil. The dark green stretcher that awaited him was one of several still covered in blood. By around noon on Friday, doctors had counted 50 wounded, many of them soldiers. E. The day before was even worse: 240 people had come through the hospital’s doors with everything from gunshot wounds to shrapnel injuries and concussions.

“They came in batches — 10, 10, five, 10,” said Parus, one of the Ukrainian medics at the hospital, as artillery screeched overhead and the chatter of machine-gun fire echoed off the surrounding buildings. member states have thus far failed to agree on a price cap level, with proposals in the range of $65 to $70 per barrel seen as too high by some and too low by others. “In the last couple of days the Russians have tried to advance more intensely.” In the nine months since Russia invaded, Ukraine has celebrated major victories, breaking the siege of its capital, Kyiv, and pushing Russian forces out of the Kharkiv region and the port city of Kherson. Battleground updates NATO forces drilled in the Suwalki Gap , a tiny stretch of land along the Polish-Lithuanian border that is seen as a point of vulnerability for the alliance in event of a Russian attack. But , has become a destructive vortex for both countries’ militaries. For months, they have thrown masses of troops and matériel into battle here as the Russians mount desperate attempts to capture the city and the Ukrainians to hold it. “We saw that the soldiers work well together.

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Image Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut on Friday. The city has become a destructive vortex for both Russian and Ukrainian forces. Russia attacked the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia city, with rockets hitting a hospital and service station , Oleksandr Starukh, head of the regional military administration, No casualties were reported after Friday’s strikes. The results have been near catastrophic. The city, once with a population of around 70,000, has slowly been chewed apart. Global impact Pope Francis praised the “noble and martyred people” of Ukraine in a letter addressed to Ukrainians nine months after the start of the war. And now, according to residents and Ukrainian soldiers, the bombardment in and around Bakhmut is at an intensity never before seen.

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