Ukrainian soldiers are vowing to take back the shattered city of Bakhmut but face a long, hard slog after encountering fierce Russian resistance while retaking two villages last week on strategic high ground nearby.
Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces in May, is Moscow's only big prize in more than a year of the war's bloodiest fighting, described by both sides as a meat grinder. Presidentsaid this week that Kyiv would retake the city following the capture last week of Andriivka and Klishchiivka to the south.
"As for Bakhmut: we will take it," he said. "It will be difficult. One shouldn't think that the counter-offensive and taking Bakhmut is easy: we just flank them, close reinforcements routes and it is done. No, it is very difficult work. And it won't happen in a day or two or in a week." "People should understand that along every metre in that line of woods, boys are dying, many are injured," he said,
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