The Brutal War of Attrition between Ukraine and Russia over Bakhmut.

Ukraine's strategy of exhausting the Russian military has led to a brutal nine-month battle for Bakhmut, a small city with more symbolic than strategic value. While Russia claims to have seized the city, Ukrainian forces have made significant advances near strategic roads through the countryside just outside, chipping away at Russia's northern and southern flanks by the meter with the aim of encircling Wagner fighters inside the city. Ukrainian military leaders say their months-long resistance has been worth it because it limited Russia's capabilities elsewhere and allowed for Ukrainian advances.