When I ask if she intends to stay in Bakhmut if Russian forces push closer, her demeanor changes. The latter has been the scene of intense street-to-street combat between Ukrainian and Russian forces. For weeks Russian forces have bombarded the road, and Bakhmut, in what is seen as an attempt to cut the twin cities off from the rest of Ukrainian-controlled territory. Overnight Russian forces destroyed the second of three bridges between the two cities and is heavily shelling the third. Thursday morning Russian aircraft struck a complex of agricultural warehouses on the edge of Bakhmut.

Source: CNN June 12, 2022 21:45 UTC