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title: "Ukraine war: Borrowed time for Bakhmut as Russians close in"
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**[Above is the BBC headline-](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64523029) They’ve ignored the news that Ukraine has engaged in chemical warfare. Videos are widely available and horrible.**

**Included below are the facts;**

> Russians are attacking from three sides, with regular troops and fighters from the notorious Wagner mercenary group. **The Russians have reached one of the main highways into the city, and are closing in on the outskirts.**
> 
> There is house-to-house fighting in some areas on the outskirts, with “hard battles for every home” according to the Ukrainian military.
> 
> It feels like **Bakhmut is on borrowed time.**
> 
> ***“***Oleksii says the fighting in Bakhmut is tough, emotionally and physically: “It’s hard, but we are staying here, and w**e will protect Bakhmut and the area around it as much as we can.”**

![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-6.png?resize=580%2C437&ssl=1)###### “But Ukraine is counting the cost and there’s speculation it could withdraw to avoid further heavy losses.“

###### **“These heights are more important for the Russians than Bakhmut itself,” said a Ukrainian colleague. *“If they can bring their artillery here, they can target bigger cities like Kramatorsk and Slovyansk. “***

“**Bakhmut holds, for now, but for how much longer.**“