Bakhmut Destroyed Amid Ongoing Russia’s War Against Ukraine

BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - APRIL 17: The antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system used by Ukrainian military in the yard of residential district on April 17, 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. In Bakhmut, both warring parties do not engage in shooting battles with each other, in close contact. Aerial reconnaissance of both sides sees the enemy with the help of drones and directs artillery. The housing stock of the city is destroyed. About 95% of the people in Bakhmut are now military. The military and civilians who remained in the city are mostly in basements, hiding from shelling. It is possible to move around Bakhmut only from shelter to shelter, hiding from surveillance drones that direct fire at places of gathering of people. Russian forces do not fire at clearly defined targets but divides the city into squares and destroys everything inside the square with shelling, thus systematically destroying Bakhmut, moving from one square to another. (Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)