Ukraine has inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of Russian troops in the Bakhmut area, with Russian army elements left with no escape route.
The move is the culmination of a cunning strategy that first aimed to capture heights around Bakhmut to keep the ruined city under artillery fire control. Any Russian unit spotted would immediately be annihilated, which meant Russian troops could not be resupplied or rotated out.
The next stage of the operation focused on capturing a line of villages that the Russians used to move supplies along.
The latest battle reports suggest that Bahkmut is now almost encircled by Ukrainian units, and that the fate of those Russian troops caught inside the city is sealed.
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