Love and Loss in Bakhmut - The Tale of Two Brothers
The battle for Bakhmut has been brutal - thousands have died and the city is in ruins. We meet one Ukrainian family who’ve paid a heavy price for the defence of their home.
The battle for the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has been long and hard. Inside the city, there’s still intense street to street fighting. Russia has spent the past nine months trying to capture Bakhmut, and it’s suffered heavy casualties. The US estimates that more than 20 thousand Russians have been killed in Eastern Ukraine since the start of the year – many of them fighting for Bakhmut. There are no such estimates for Ukrainian casualties, but they’re likely to be high too. Our Defence Correspondent, Jonathan Beale, meets one Ukrainian family who’ve paid a heavy price for the defence of Bakhmut.
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