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Bakhmut in 'ruins' as Russia works to make gains in eastern Ukraine

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Ukraine’s military reported dozens of airstrikes and rocket attacks across the country between Friday and Saturday, with the most active fighting in the Bakhmut district.

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  1. France 24

    War of attrition: Russia's stubborn fight for Ukraine's Bakhmut (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    For months, Russian forces have attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut with frontal assaults, artillery barrages and air strikes in a stubborn battle for a settlement deemed strategically irrelevant…

  2. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'destroyed' (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have turned the city of Bakhmut into ruins as they try to conquer eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province. Ukraine’s military on Saturday reported missile,

  3. Breitbart News

    Zelensky Says Russians Have 'Actually Destroyed Bakhmut' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Russia has "destroyed" the city of Bakhmut, Zelensky says, while Ukraine's military reports missile and rocket strikes in multiple areas

  4. PBS NewsHour

    PHOTOS: Bakhmut 'destroyed' as Russian offensive grinds on in eastern Ukraine (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine's military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance.

  5. Newsweek

    Russia has "destroyed" Bakhmut; Donbas front lines "difficult": Zelensky (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The leader of Ukraine said Russian troops had "actually destroyed Bakhmut," with the city being "turned into burnt ruins."

  6. The Week

  7. Al Jazeera

    Zelenskyy says Russia reduced Bakhmut city to a ‘burned ruin’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported some 20 air raids, more than 60 rocket attacks between Friday and Saturday.

  8. Christian Science Monitor

    Bakhmut in 'ruins' as Russia works to make gains in eastern Ukraine (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    Ukraine’s military reported dozens of airstrikes and rocket attacks across the country between Friday and Saturday, with the most active fighting in the Bakhmut district.

  9. Tucson

    AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST (opens Tucson)

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    Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'destroyed'

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