How Ukraine lost Bakhmut and Russia won a hollow victory

When Yuriy Stetskiv pulled into Bakhmut at the end of April, the mission was to cling on for as long as possible.

Stetskiv, a deputy chief of staff of Ukraine's 135th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion, had orders to establish a command post on the western edge of the city and defend the last few blocks still in Ukrainian hands.