A grueling seven-month battle for the frontline city of Bakhmut culminates in street-to-street fighting and skirmishes on the outskirts, as Ukrainian troops dig narrow trenches in the muddy ground to fortify their positions.
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have not taken full control of the city, whose capture would give the Kremlin a symbolic victory after months of battlefield setbacks and Ukrainian counter-offensives.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects around the world.
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Talking to kids who left Russia about the war in Ukraine: In Russia’s expatriate communities outside the country — grown with hundreds of thousands who have fled in response to the invasion of Ukraine or to avoid conscription — teachers in newly established Russian schools struggle with how to talk to children about the war, writes Francesca Ebel .
Vladislav Povyshev, a history teacher from Siberia who now works at a Russian school in the Armenian capital Yerevan, said his students grew up with the internet — often understanding and seeing things better than adults, “for better or worse.”
“They are well aware of the consequences that await Russia after the war, and they are aware of the reasons for Russia’s failure at the current stage,” he said.
Missy Ryan contributed to this report.
