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Bakhmut, the town too tough to die

By Jon Sweet, Mark Toth
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Bakhmut, the town too tough to die

The Donetsk Oblast city of Bakhmut is the town too tough to die.

It has been described by many analysts as having little strategic value. Still, Bakhmut has become the epicenter of the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have staked much on the battle’s outcome.

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