The Ongoing Battle for Bakhmut: Mortars, Artillery, and Heavy Losses.

Mortars, artillery, and small arms fire continue to rage in the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian troops face off. The war has settled into a grinding conflict of incremental gains along a frontline stretching from the Russian border in the north to the annexed Crimean peninsula in the south. Ukraine is urging its allies in the West to supply more modern military hardware and ammunition, a vital ingredient in what has become a fierce artillery duel.