Heavy fighting continues amid mounting casualties between the Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine in the war's second year. With fresh arms pledges to Ukraine by the West led by the United States and aggressive tone set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, peace remains a distant thought in the conflict. The heaviest fighting is going on for the control of Bakhmut in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
Heavy fighting continues amid mounting casualties between the Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine in the war's second year. With fresh arms pledges to Ukraine by the West led by the United States and aggressive tone set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, peace remains a distant thought in the conflict. The heaviest fighting is going on for the control of Bakhmut in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.