Taking the city would be a rare battlefield success in recent months for Russia.

Taking the city would be a rare battlefield success in recent months for Russia.

But despite that, the city's strategic value has been questioned. Some experts say any Russian victory could be pyrrhic - that is, not worth the cost. วิจารณ์มวยวันนี้

Thousands of Russian troops have died trying to take Bakhmut, which had a pre-war population of around 75,000. Ukrainian commanders estimate that Russia has lost seven times as many soldiers as they have.

Now, after fierce shelling, Russian forces and troops from the Wagner private army appear to have surrounded much of Bakhmut.