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Usually when a multiple rocket launch system is firing you can count the whooshes out and listen to the rapid drum roll as they land. Not near Bakhmut on Thursday. So many weapons were firing at once that outgoing booms and incoming rumbles became impossible to distinguish. Hell was being unleashed on the other side of the ridge but no one would say who was being hit. “When it happens you’ll hear about it,” said an officer watching the smoke rise on the horizon when asked to explain what on earth was going on. “But only afterwards.” It did not take a genius to read between the lines. Read the full article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/12/frontline-ukraine-unthinkable-bakhmut-counteroffensive/ #ukraine #russia #bakhmut Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of this war so far. Western officials estimate between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded here, while Ukraine's military has also paid a heavy price - and it still isn't over. Russia has been trying to capture Bakhmut for months, and it's been a testament - so far - to Ukraine's determination not to give ground. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews