Constant artillery exchanges, shelling, gunfire, drones buzzing in the sky - everyday life in Ukraine's Bakhmut is living hell.
People walk on a destroyed bridge to cross a canal towards the disputed area in Bakhmut on February 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
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Seven thousand people are still stuck in the hotly contested city, which has seen most of its pre-war population of 75 000 flee. But even in the face the prospect of Russian occupation, those remaining refuse to leave.
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