Russia is stepping up efforts to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut.
It sits on the main road leading to the Ukrainian-held cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.
As Al Jazeera’s @Assed Baig reports, if Bakhmut falls, it could bring other areas within the range of Russian artillery.
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It is insane that the Russians are spending all their resources trying to capture political objectives instead of strategic objectives.
Imagine being a Russian conscript and dying just because Putin wants to fill in all the squares on his map of Donetsk and all off it serves no purpose other than making the map look nice in his propaganda videos.
This is exactly why politicians should never be in direct control of military operations. And it is exactly why countries that don’t understand this fundamental principle are doomed to fail.
let’s take care of our borders first
These Ukrainian fortifications haven’t just sprung up they’ve been there and used for over 5 years thats why the Ukrainian armed forces can hold on but not for much longer
What? Ukranians are doing very well.
Freedom for Ukraine!
ukraine is going to lose so hard, and it will be good for the world, this usa proxy will fall just like isis was a usa proxy with the aim to take over syria, thank god america lost in syria of russia to.
usa uniforms equipment -only ukrainian symbols
Russia is not messing around
Slava Ukraine! Russia stop the insanity.
Russia is acting like Israel Terrorist-State
It’s gonna fall very soon….and Russia will fire up occupation.
No video?!
Victory to Russia
so its true, the army of Ukraine is all gone, what is left are militia.
In your wet deranged dreams.
Dramatized reporting!
This war madness. Ukraine cannot hold the line against the onslaught of Russians.
Glory to russia .
Russians are burning up hundred’s of men
RIP. A much bigger force is on its way
Eugene boy, where’s your source?
What a shame Al-Jazeera has been all over peddling lies.
Z
USA would have taken Ukraine in days
Rag-time goat herders are still laughing at you. 🤣🤣🤣
Good to see that the #2 military power in the world is still failing against a country that is not in the top 20.
Putin administration should stop their brutal invasion immediately.
Kremlin is sinister enough and many innocent civilians suffered.
Nuclear weapon is out of questions.
They should stop all the violences immediately.
Now more and more support is needed for severely damaged Ukraine🇺🇦.
I am telling as before,THE PARTY YET TO BE STARTED
THE UKRAINIAN BACKED BY THE WEST AND US with military arm NATO will run from the UKRAINIANS THEY WILL HUMILITE AND DESTROYED UKRAINE and the end get huge defeated humiliation at the hands of RUSSIA just like NATO &US defeated at the hand of TALIBAN in AFGHISTAN its just yesterday story not a long ago………
Why is Ukraine having difficulties defeating these mercenaries? 😭
The end is near for the NATO and it’s Ukrainian fascist allies
Long live Russia
Слава Україні! Слава героям Збройних Сил України! Слава українській нації! Смерть російській федерації фашистів!
Zekenskyy should bow down on his knee and beg for mercy from Putin
Ruzzians in Ukraine BLEED hard every day, for nothing.
The west must help Ukraine as much as they possibly could! Otherwise if Russia annexs Ukraine then withing 3 years Putin will brain wash all Ukrainians make them anti west just like what they did to so called Donetsk and Luhansk peoples republics. Then the west will have to fight against 200 millions. It will be nightmare to Europe which may evil empire rise up again!!! Russia will not satisfy by Ukraine but Russia will destroy as many country as they could do.
Please please stop stop the war training to get PICC you are good the address are good so please please stop stop the war
Glory to Ukraine!
Doomed.
@moya kiska yes Russia is totally screwed and the funniest thing is Putin did it all himself:-)
BRAVO RUSSIA !!!!!!
Israel wants Ukrains grain.
who wins wasteland? russian or ukrainian mafias?
They have been “edging closer” for 6 months.
I know it may fall, but it’s not like it’s a mechanical toy horse race.
There’s no lines to capture, and they won’t gain anything until they gained it all, it’s all or nothing. They don’t “edge closer” they’ll either try to attack the city and fail, or they’ll attack the city and win.
Either way, they’ll fail because they failed the moment they elected Putler.
Russian forces have been edging closer to Bakhmut for the last 20,000 years.
Stop your misinformation.
How many days you beg ?
In the year 2022 no man, no woman and no child should ever die in any war. All people should have the right just to live. To get married , to have children, to work, buy a car , just live. It is never the poor man that starts these wars but it is always the poor man that dies in them. life is precious, it is sacred and when it is over, it is over. There is already enough suffering in this world without wars. Seek peace and love and happiness. The men that send you into battle have it. May God help you all.
В 2022 году ни мужчина, ни женщина, ни ребенок не должны погибнуть ни на одной войне. Все люди должны иметь право просто жить. Выйти замуж, родить детей, работать, купить машину, просто жить. Бедняк никогда не начинает эти войны, но бедняк всегда в них погибает. жизнь драгоценна, она священна, и когда она закончилась, она закончилась. В этом мире и без войн и так достаточно страданий. Ищите мира, любви и счастья. Он есть у людей, отправляющих вас в бой. Да поможет вам всем Бог.
The history of the Russian Empire has been one of murders, wars, grain smugglers, political prisons, arms dealers, missile bombings against civilian airlines, gulags of all kinds of national or international prisoners. drug and alcohol users and a great epidemic of all kinds of diseases. The Russians suffer in silence and now I think they feel hopeless and dangerous. with a regime that has not changed since the first centuries. another era of the country with a dark age. It will be worse if they or the Russian troops do not abandon Ukraine, the interests of Cuba, the social expansion towards Nicaragua. the economic destruction and the proliferation of weapons towards Venezuela and many other places in the world. furthermore, all my studies and research are on studies of Russian criminology, mostly on clandestine criminal acts against humanity, as if they were still in Soviet times. power is not their goal. its goal is expansion that violates the rights and freedoms of any nation. their culture, life and beliefs, the murder of civilians in their communities, the murder of innocents, in the streets and seeing injured innocents who tried to stop this massacre represents a threat to constitutional human rights. this is endangering our present and future generations.
Slava Russia who fight for equal laws and justice for all people, stop those nauzies of the so called “west”, the killers which have the biggest arsenal of weapons and who urged all global wars since ww2..
The neo nazis were Zelensky’s government, not the west. NATO wanted troops in Ukraines border. I politically support Russia but I don’t support the killing of innocent civilians and torture of soldiers.
russ propaganda dogs
@LoveJester russ propaganda is banned in your “free” society, its only “west” propaganda there.. We all have freedom of opinion, now try to live with that if you can, otherwise.. Ye.. 😉
Bakhmut as noted is strategic in that it as alluded to reflects a road network hub. It further rests near high ground which dominates the northern approach to Donetsk. So to give an analogy it is to that area of Ukraine what the Golan Heights is to Israel. So long as Ukraine controls it then Donetsk is threatened – hence why Russia wants it so badly. If Russia captures it then that would allow them to threaten Ukrainian positions around it. Ukraine needs to hold on and roll back the Russian assaults. 🤔
Keep on fighting Ukranians defend your motherland.
All Africa is with Russia
Pootin set Russia back 200 years. Good job Ruski
Put-in ended western greedom and kleptocracy in this hemisphere. ✌
It explains why Bakhmut has taken so long to capture, its the multiple layers of tunnels and bunker systems which means that the Ukrainians have been prepping for the Russians since 2014. It has only prolonged the conflict, The only success for the Ukrainians to remain embedded in Bakhmut is the hope that the Ukrainians and NATO sweeps by and help liberate Bakhmut from the Russian seige overways its been a waste of their lives so as to prolong the conflict by only four to five months at most. Tactically good to stall the Russian line of control until Ukraine defeats Russai…..That is very highly unlikely especially when winter arrives and when the 300,000 reinforcement fresh conscripted troops with their own freshly rolled out of the Tank factories Russian armoury are railway shipped into the Donbass to eventually liberate the Bakhmut City all the way to Kramarorsk City in time for the new year. This stalling of the Russian advance is only buying time for the Russians to regroup, resupply, and reinforce their frontline war machine. You have not succeeded in winning the conflict at all, but, simply to delay, and prolong your own suffering. The Political obkjective has already been achieved, the four Oblasts have been ratified by the Russian Duma, it is now out of the hands of the Battle field diplomacy and certainly out of the hands of either the Ukraine, the UN, EU or NATO, in denying the validity of the Referendas because Russia will simply give the big fat middle finger to the rest of the world. It is called the Russian Steppes for a reason…..Its the Russian Steppes….No one defeats the Russians at the Russian Steppes….Why? for starters the people who have always lived there are Russian people, who speak Russian, eat and sleep Russian, attend Russian Orthodoxy churches. No one speaks Ukrainian except for those who live on the West Bank of the Dniper River and or in Kiev. This conflict is simply the continuation of the Kiev Conflict with Moscow since 1917-22 war between Russia and Ukraine. And all the conflicts between Kiev and the Duchy of Moscow since the time of the Prince of Kiev Yaroslav from the 10th century. Moscow and Kiev have always hated each other….And now NATO have butted in…turning Zelensky or rather Klitschko as the Kiev Prince and the UN as loyal vassals paying their tributes to a Kiev Prince by supplying Ukraine with weapons to defeat Moscow and the Moscow Prince President Putin. This conflict has been ongoing for centuries….Just that President Biden and the EU are dumbasses!!!!
make sure any russ in your own countries encounter violence. they need to be forced back to their barbaric country
🇺🇦AFU have essentially already lost Bakhmut. Wagner forces have been at the asphalt plant for what feels like forever and spreading out further to encircle the city at multiple positions. And multiple Russian flags hang throughout the city, that have yet to be replaced. 🇺🇦AFU keep sending reserve forces from the 93rd Mechanized brigade to probe and sporadically attack. It never succeeds in defeating Russian troops, doing so simply slows the pace at which 🇷🇺RF ultimately gain full control of the city, which is almost inevitable.
Or more like Ukrainian troops edge closer.
Slava Ukraine.
Glory to Russia 🇷🇺
Слава России 🇷🇺
There is nothing strategic about it for the Ukrainians, its funny how reporters just toss out terms without understanding them
The Russians keep showing failure after failure. Hopefully they will learn that they are the Nazis, but Ukraine. 70,000 dead Russians and who knows how many war crimes committed by the Russians They will face trial just the Nazis at Nuremberg.
Great reporting 👍❤️🇺🇦🙏
The front- line Russians in this area are shot in the face if they try to retreat…
*This is just so embarrassing for the little evil dictator Pootang and his dopey commie zombie Orcs. Since the beginning of his war or “””🤣Special Military Operation🤣””” over 8 months ago, they have been capturing Bakhmut, it makes me wonder how many of Pootangs dopey zombie Orcs have died so far trying to capture it* 🤣😂🤣🤣HA! HA!! HA!! Lol Lol Lol……..
Unfortunately for them, bakhmut is likely going to fall soon
Down with the Ukrainian US minions…
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Sad that brothers are killing each other, very sad!! 😔😔😢
ok, whatever 🙄
NOBODY TALKS ABOUT PEACE, OF NEGOTIATION. The World Cup will be Russia’s final assault. Zelensky? Run away or get killed
The moskovites have no chance. They might build a bridge of their corpses to gain couple of feet, but the price is very high. There is not too much russian cannon fodder left. moscovites archaic wunder waffen, which is powerful only in animated cartoons, their always drunk soldiers with lowest morale, but very criminal, cannibalistic behaviors, are not a match for western weapons and highly motivated, also trained very well brave Ukrainian Army.
Lol Ukraine is literally using pregnant women on the front line. Brutal.
1,000 dead a day for 100m gain for the ruzzians…ok let them win…lol
Hopefully the Ukranians will keep the Russians from advancing and taking Bakhmut. But even if they did…where to from there? They’re unlikely to be able to put together a strong defense line there, and It’s not like they’re going to take Kiev from there. It’s just wanton aggression, at a great cost to both sides.
Common putin
Russia for the win.
Poutine se repose sur son nouveau YACHT ACHETÉ AVEC L’OR DU PEUPLE DU MALI
The fall of the country is inevitable. Russia will capture all this territory in due time.
Украина страна проститутка США
Страна которой воспользовались как презервативом 😁👌
Bakhmut has become politically strategic for Prighozin the head of Wagner who has criticized the Russian military, Prighozin has thrown everything at Bakhmut losing a reported 950 men to take back 1 mile! He is using mobilized troops and prisoners resting his experienced troops who are ordered to shoot any Russians retreating. There is little to no strategic value to this town. Insane and criminal waste of men.
You don’t win wars by fighting in tranches.
Would you like to elaborate on your statement ?
@peetieyou In Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces are on the defensive, while Russian forces are closing certainly slowly but they are doing it anyway. On the southern front of Kherson, Ukrainian offensive has been unsuccessful so far, while Russians, after the partial mobilization, are now reinforcing their positions. In the north, around Kharkov, Russians are on the offensive again. Therefore personally, I don’t see a prospect of West winning.
NeoNazi fights in Ukraine.
Love Russia
“Hold the line and make sure the country doesn’t fall”. This is the height of patriotism to motherland. Praying for a speedy end to this needless war.
Ukrainians are like the annoying kid in the kindergarten, who spits on you and then runs to the teacher for cover screaming “heeeelp”.
Sunlight can be used for general geolocation, especially if there are other contextual factors. Just saying.
Ukraine will defeat russiasts
Russia 🇷🇺 🏆
Russia is to lay down their arms and give up to Ukraine, they will understand and grant you clemency. If you do not, you will be destroyed. Then we will deal with you after. And will not be happy with you.
Tell Mr. Putin to ask any in the spiritual to stop me, and see what happens. Put your hands together, and let it rip because we are here, and now. Try me.
Archangel Michael
Aznov battalion enters the chat
Feel sorry for Ukrainians- they victim of USA 🇺🇸 vs Russia 🇷🇺 rivalry they should have chosen neutrality at best close friendship with Russia
Slava Ukraini,and all brave soldiers!
Long live Russia
Tense moment
Lol they were celebrating bahkmut 2 weeks ago 😅😅😅
Fools
AAHAHAHAHAH CNN be like Ukraine pushing Russian occupiers back but now are saying that there edging closer. Seems like Ukraine isn’t consistent with its narritive, Ukraine is only winning in Twitter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
They need to surrender and to not fight a war thats is from zelensky and west
Props to the video crew, amazing footage captured in tough conditions!
Very funny!!! This is not even closer to the war front… It’s just some staged managed theatrical show for the poor Europe citizens to believe all is well. The Russians are taking every village every day…
Hard to tell who is winning, honestly looks like a stalemate for now . I wouldn’t be surprised if Bakmut still is being contested next year. The battle that will really tell us who’s ahead is Kherson.
These Ukrainian soldiers are very organized when it comes to their bunkers and trenches glory to the Ukrainian soldiers and president Zelensky.
Can you show us what’s happening on the Russian side? Why are we only seeing ukranian side on western media, I mean media is supposed to be neutral. You Gota show us what both sides are saying.
If you think this is the front line and they take the press there you’re living in dream land 🤣🤣🤣
The comments thread is littered with daydreamers who think ukraine can somehow win this war
Heard Russia is now fighting NATO and UA is just a front!
Just more Media garbage? Russians have been “edging closer” to Bakhmut for over 90 days. Not very efficient. Moreover, I just don’t see the strategic benefit of taking Bakhmut. Where will Russian forces go after they finally take Bakhmut? Nowhere? At a cost of many spend lives which Russia can’t afford.