Combat operations in Bakhmut have shifted from the city's approaches to close-in urban fighting within the suburbs.
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Combat operations in Bakhmut have shifted from the city's approaches to close-in urban fighting within the suburbs.
Plans are to throw 200,000 more Russian soldiers into the battle underway in Ukraine's east in an attempt to overwhelm Ukraine, create a stalemate, whittle down its manpower, and wear down the resolve of its allies.
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Source story: day-350-2023-02-08