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Battle for Bakhmut: Scenes from the front lines

Bakhmut, a small eastern city that has for months been the target of a Russian offensive, has seen intense fighting and destruction in what has become the longest, bloodiest battle of the war.

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Battle for Bakhmut: Scenes from the front lines

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  1. Battle for Bakhmut: Scenes from the front lines

  2. Ukrainian soldiers stand next to a captured Russian army serviceman at positions recently gained in an offensive, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  3. A Ukrainian service member looks at the body of a killed Russian soldier lying at a position after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  4. Ukrainian servicemen rest at their positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  5. A Ukrainian serviceman stands in a truck with rockets for a BM-21 Grad multiple launch system, near the frontline town of Bakhmut, May 19. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  6. A Ukrainian serviceman checks Russian positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  7. Ukrainian servicemen rest at their positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  8. Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, near the frontline town of Bakhmut, May 19. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  9. A body of a killed Russian soldier lies at a position after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  10. Ukrainian service members from a 28th separate mechanised brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fire a mortar at their positions at a front line near the city of Bakhmut, May 18.

  11. Ukrainian servicemen rest at their positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  12. Ukrainian servicemen check Russian positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  13. A Ukrainian serviceman checks Russian positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  14. A Ukrainian serviceman rests at his position after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  15. A cap is seen at a Russian position after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  16. Ukrainian servicemen rest at their positions after a fight, near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  17. A Ukrainian soldier gives water to a captured Russian army serviceman near the front line city of Bakhmut, May 11. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  18. A Ukrainian service member from a 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fires a howitzer D30 at a front line near the city of Bakhmut, April 23. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

  19. A Ukrainian service member walks near damaged residential buildings in the frontline town of Bakhmut, April 21. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  20. A Ukrainian serviceman looks on as he returns from heavy fighting close to Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 15. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  21. A view shows damaged residential buildings in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 21. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  22. Ukrainian servicemen recover the body of a fallen soldier after heavy fighting at the front line of Bakhmut, near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 9. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  23. Ukrainian servicemen use a tank to recover the body of a fallen soldier after heavy fighting at the front line of Bakhmut, near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 9. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  24. A view shows a flat in apartment building damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 21. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  25. One of the few remaining villagers walks past a building damaged by recent shelling at the front line of Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar, in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 12. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  26. Smoke is seen in this drone footage of Bakhmut, April 15. Adam Tactic Group/via REUTERS

  27. Smoke is seen during shelling on the outskirts of the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 6. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

  28. Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a mortar near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 6. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

  29. A Ukrainian service member walks near damaged residential buildings in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 21. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  30. Ukrainian service member Naza, 21, commander with the 28th mechanized brigade, repositions his machine gun during a fire exchange at the front line in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 5.  REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  31. Ukrainian servicemen return from heavy fighting at the front line of Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar, near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 11. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  32. A Ukrainian service member walks near damaged residential buildings in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 21. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  33. A Ukrainian serviceman, who was injured in Bakhmut, rests during his evacuation in an intensive care unit bus leaving Bakhmut towards a hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine, April 11. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  34. Volunteers with Hospitallers give medical support to Ukrainian servicemen who were injured in Bakhmut during their evacuation in an intensive care unit bus leaving Bakhmut towards a hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine, April 11. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  35. Ukrainian artillery fires towards the front line during heavy fighting near Bakhmut, April 13.  REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  36. Ukrainian service members from the 28th mechanized brigade remain in their trenches after incoming fire at the front line in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 5. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  37. A view shows an empty street and buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 3. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

  38. A Ukrainian serviceman walks an empty street in the frontline city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 25. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  39. A general view shows buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 3. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

  40. A villager is seen near a wrecked car during heavy fighting at the front line of Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar, in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 9.  REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  41. Ukrainian servicemen with the 80th brigade watch for drones in a forward position close to Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 16. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

  42. Ukrainian servicemen fire from a tank towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 7. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko

  43. A Ukrainian tank unit crew takes cover and waits for shelling to cease in a bunker, near the bombed-out eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 29. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

  44. Ukrainian servicemen rest in a shelter in the frontline city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 3. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

  45. Ukrainian service members from a battalion named for the nom-de-guerre of their commander "Da Vinci," Hero of Ukraine, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops, fire a howitzer M119 at the front line near the city of Bakhmut, March 10.

  46. Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters fly over a field outside the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 5. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

  47. A Ukrainian soldier of the Paratroopers of 80th brigade listens to artillery fire from a frontline position near Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 16. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

  48. Ukrainian service members fire a SPG-9 anti-tank grenade launcher toward Russian troops in the frontline town of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 13. Iryna Rybakova/Ukrainian Armed Forces

  49. A wounded Ukrainian soldier is carried on a stretcher to a converted bus, operated by Ukrainian volunteer medics, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 15. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

  50. A Ukrainian service member rides a military vehicle in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 3. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

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