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'They are just meat to Putin… and we are the meat grinder': Ukrainian soldier says 'conveyor belt' of Russian troops are being cut down as Battle of Bakhmut descends into 'First World war hell'
2022-12-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Heavy fighting taking place around Bakhmut, a city in Donbas region of Ukraine

  • Russians have been trying to seize it for months, but combat has ramped up since retreat from Kherson - with troops sent to reinforce the assault

  • Witnesses called it 'First World War' trench warfare, with Russian troops sent into a 'meat grinder' of Ukrainian machine gun nests under artillery barrage
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Bakhmut: 2022-12-08 Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief December 7th (updated)
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