The war between Ukraine and Russia is at a new turning point. Inside Bakhmut the Ukrainians blew up a railway bridge, a bridge that was already damaged in August and now blown up in the remaining part. The explosion, images of which also circulated on the Internet, is seen as a sign that Ukraine is preparing to withdraw from the city.
During the night, the Russians also blew up a crucial bridge linking the besieged town with the nearby village of Khromove: the bridge was a vital artery for evacuating civilians and supplying ammunition. Now, with no paved roads entering or leaving the city, resupply, but also evacuation, will necessarily have to take place via dirt roads, sources told CNN. Bakhmut, a small industrial town in eastern Ukraine famous for its salt mines, was home to around 70,000 people before the Russian invasion. It has been under siege for months and artillery fire has reduced much of the city to rubble and forced most of its inhabitants to flee. Those left are a few thousand (apparently 4,500) and yesterday Kiev ordered the compulsory evacuation of families and the vulnerable. And the Wagner brigade claimed the conquest.
Source: IL Tempo
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