Russia's assault on Bakhmut is losing the limited momentum it had, says UK intel, complicating its best chance at a symbolic victory

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Ukrainian service members fire a howitzer M119 at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 10, 2023.
Ukrainian service members fire a howitzer M119 amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 10, 2023.

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Ukraine is betting big on a bloody battle for a ruined town, but the gamble could break its ability to drive Russia back

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a cannon.
Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery called 2S7 Pion howitzer cannon aiming to Russian positions in the frontline nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine .

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Unarmed Russian soldiers run into Ukrainian fire for the sole purpose of digging trenches or carrying ammunition. Those who refuse could be killed or imprisoned, report says.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers operating a gun.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at the frontline near Bakhmut on March 18, 2023.

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Putin's tour of Mariupol is like a murderer returning to the scene of a crime, Ukrainian official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is wearing a black puffer jacket and pants and is accompanied by another man in a black puffer jacket and pants. They are both standing on a playground with a green slide and yellow swings.

Ukrainian soldier says Russian forces are using 'morons taken from prison' to draw fire and find enemy troops: report

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Two Ukrainian soldiers walk behind one another on a dirty street.
Ukrainian soldiers walk along a street in the area of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 15, 2023.

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Video appears to show Russian Wagner troops shooting their own comrade, shoving each other into enemy fire in chaotic trench battle

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Russian soldiers in the video of the trench fight in Bakhmut.
Soldiers in the video of the trench fight in Bakhmut, identified by Ukrainians

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All 500 original members of a Ukrainian battalion were killed or wounded in fighting with Russia, commander says

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Soldiers hold Ukrainian flags over the coffins with Ukrainian servicemen Oleh Khomiuk and his son, Mykyta Khomiuk, who were killed in Bakhmut, during their funeral service at Independence Square on March 10, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Russia is using one of Ukraine's bloodiest battles to decimate the Wagner Group, after its boss started a feud with military leaders, experts say

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine, in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.

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Ukrainian soldiers are haunted by nightmares and having mental breakdowns, but they are not leaving the front lines to seek care

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An Ukrainian soldier holds an anti-tank launcher at a frontline, northeast of Kyiv on March 3, 2022.
An Ukrainian soldier holds an anti-tank launcher at a frontline, northeast of Kyiv on March 3, 2022.

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Ukraine sees bloody battle for Bakhmut as chance to wipe out Wagner's army of convicts

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Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut stand near a howitzer.
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a 105mm howitzer towards Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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