Russia targets Zelensky's men, Ukraine Army defenses crumbling in Bakhmut

Vicious onslaught, the city of Bakhmut is a key Russian target in the embattled East. Putin's men out for blood, Ukraine Army positions in the Bakhmut direction. Battlezone footage showed an area in ruins, flattened by brutal artillery strikes. Zelensky's men under continuous artillery fire, shelling goes on 24x7. Bakhmut been dubbed 'the meat grinder' due to brutal trench warfare & artillery duels. Russians must take Bakhmut to advance on key regional hubs of Sloviansk & Kramatorsk. Russians seeking to encircle Bakhmut by taking nearby villages & cutting off a key road. Russian Forces been pummeling Bakhmut since summer, a city once home to 70,000 people. Part of the Donetsk region in the East, Bakhmut is a wine-making and salt-mining city.