Europe 2023: Battle of Bakhmut
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After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine met strong resistance from the Ukrainians, Russian president Vladimir Putin redeployed Russian troops from the Kyiv front to eastern and southern Ukraine, which he declared annexed in September. Despite this, Russia continued to face setbacks into late 2022 as the Ukrainians pushed them from Kherson and the Kharkiv region. Fighting was particularly intense around Bakhmut, which the Russians recovered in early 2023 at the expense of perhaps 100,000 casualties.
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