The Latest Breaking News from Bakhmut

Recent days among deadliest of war so far as Moscow seeks gains in Bakhmut

Russia’s elite ‘left relatively unscathed’ by mass casualties, UK intelligence suggests

Both sides claim hundreds of enemy troops killed in past 24 hours. Follow all the latest developments

The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for an upcoming counteroffensive, with a top commander saying his forces' ongoing defense of Bakhmut in the face of fierce and sustained Russian attacks was necessary to "buy time" for that push. The remarks came as British intelligence said the frontline had shifted in…

UK defence ministry calls Bakhmut a ‘killing zone’; Russian shelling kills three Ukrainian civilians in Kherson, Ukrainian officials say; Russia lists World Wildlife Fund as a foreign agent

Russian shelling kills civilians in Kherson,with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denouncing what he called "brutal terrorist attacks"

Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says about 152,000 residential buildings and 400,000 public infrastructure facilities have been destroyed in the attacks.

The UK defence ministry said Russian forces have made progress in the key industrial city

Russian forces have made progress in their campaign to capture the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the focus of the war's longest ground battle, but their assault will be difficult to sustain without more significant personnel losses, British military officials said Saturday. The UK Defense Ministry said in its…

U.K. military officials say Russian forces have advanced in the eastern city of Bakhmut, a key target of Moscow's grinding offensive that has brought staggering casualties, but they risk further harsh losses if they push ahead

Russia has made Bakhmut the target of a winter push involving hundreds of thousands of reservists and mercenaries