Ukraine war: 'Situation is stably f----d' as Russians close in on gateway to Bakhmut | Dispatch

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Waves of Russian troops are being "crushed" during a fresh assault on a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine.

Mykola Salamakha, a Ukrainian colonel and military analyst, said that Moscow's assault on the Donetsk coal-mining town of Vuhledar, which is south of Bakhmut, was coming at a huge cost.

"This is a repetition of the situation in Bakhmut - one wave of Russian troops after another crushed by the Ukrainian armed forces," he told Ukrainian Radio NV, adding that an "extremely strong defensive hub" had been created there.

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