The battle for Bakhmut is getting so close that 'fistfights have been happening,' Ukrainian soldier says

• A Ukrainian soldier told the Washington Post the fighting in Bakhmut is brutal and at close quarters. 
• The soldier said there have even been fistfights as they fight off waves of Russian mercenaries.
• Bakhmut is widely expected to fall to Russian forces soon, but it will be a hollow victory. 

Fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been one of the primary battles in the war for months, has featured brutal, close quarters combat, according to a Ukrainian soldier.