Ukraine war: 'Situation is stably f----d' as Russians close in on gateway to Bakhmut | Dispatch

Waves of Russian troops are being “crushed“ during a fresh assault on a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine. Mykola Salamakha, a Ukrainian colonel and military analyst, said that Moscow's assault on the Donetsk coal-mining town of Vuhledar, which is south of Bakhmut, was coming at a huge cost. “This is a repetition of the situation in Bakhmut - one wave of Russian troops after another crushed by the Ukrainian armed forces,“ he told Ukrainian Radio NV, adding that an “extremely strong defensive hub“ had been created there. Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-s