Reporter Koo Min-min, Money Today | 2023.05.18 17:13
The beautiful city of Bahmut turned into a wasteland in a year as it became the ‘biggest battlefield’ during the war between Russia and Ukraine. According to News 1 on the 19th, on the 17th (local time), the US satellite analysis company, Maxar Technologies, released satellite images showing the damage Bahmut suffered over the past year.
Bahmut, a small town with a population of 73,000, was a small but beautiful city full of green trees, but in a year, apartment buildings, iconic buildings of the city, shops, schools and businesses were destroyed, leaving only rubble.
Most of the trees have been burned and the buildings are covered in brown dust. In addition, there were so many empty shell pits that it was difficult to count them along the streets of Bahmut.
Bakhmut, Donetsk Province, eastern Ukraine, is considered the site of the fiercest battle of the Ur-Raina War. Russian regular forces and the Wagner Group of civilian mercenaries have been on the offensive for the past 10 months to take control of Bahmut, but have been repeatedly thwarted by fierce resistance from the Ukrainian army.
According to Business Insider, 20,000 Russians were reported to have died in the six months from December last year. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also bears a heavy burden. It is impossible to guarantee how long it will be able to withstand the Russian attack.
Business Insider said, “Bahmut was a beautiful city full of leafy green trees until it was targeted by Russia,” and “now it has been damaged by shelling and aerial photography.”
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