A grueling seven-month battle for the front-line metropolis of Bakhmut is coming right down to street-by-street preventing and skirmishes on its outskirts, the place Ukrainian forces are digging slender trenches into the muddy floor to fortify their positions.
Ukrainian officers say Russian forces haven’t seized full management of town, whose seize would supply the Kremlin a symbolic victory after months of battleground setbacks and Ukrainian counteroffensives.
Right here’s the newest on the conflict and its ripple results throughout the globe.
Highlight: The battle for Bakhmut
Different battleground updates
Speaking to youngsters who left Russia in regards to the conflict in Ukraine: In Russia’s emigre communities exterior the nation — swelled by lots of of 1000’s who’ve fled in response to the invasion of Ukraine or to keep away from conscription — academics in newly established Russian faculties are grappling with learn how to speak to youngsters in regards to the conflict, writes Francesca Ebel.
Vladislav Povyshev, a historical past instructor from Siberia who now works at a Russian college within the Armenian capital, Yerevan, mentioned his college students grew up utilizing the web — and sometimes perceive and see issues extra clearly than adults, “for higher or worse.”
“They’re nicely conscious of the implications that await Russia after the conflict, and they’re conscious of the explanations for Russia’s failures at the moment stage,” he mentioned.
Missy Ryan contributed to this report.