‘GUYS, HOLD ON!’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging his soldiers and citizens to hold on through the winter as Russian forces continue a desperate attempt to capture Bakhmut, a city in the eastern Donbas region that has become a meat grinder for both sides.

Russia is concentrating most of its offensive combat power there, attempting to encircle Ukrainian defenders to produce a victory that is more symbolic than strategic, according to a British intelligence analysis tweeted over the weekend.