Russians Are in Control of Most of Bakhmut, but Only by Destroying It

Amid parallels to Mariupol, the real Ukraine battle shapes up on the flanks.

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, May 15, 2023. AP/Libkos, file

Does anybody remember Mariupol? It’s the eastern Ukrainian city on the Black Sea coast that Russia conquered last year only by almost completely laying it to waste. About a year later, a similar fate appears to be in the cards for Bakhmut, with European and Ukrainian press reporting that the city is as much as 95 percent in Russian hands. 

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