Bakhmut has seen some of the most brutal fighting during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the battle for the strategically valuable region has turned into a grinding war of attrition. As Crystal Goomansingh reports, with Moscow closing in on the city, residents are getting out.
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