The fight for Bakhmut was so brutal that it was called a "slaughter-fest" and "meat grinder." War experts say it was smart for Ukraine to hold the city and fight, which caused problems for Russia.
Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 15 to 16. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces launched 18 Shahed-131/136 drones of which Ukrainian forces destroyed 16. The
Russian state media released and later retracted reports about the "regrouping" of Russian forces on the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast to positions further east of the Dnipro River, suggesting that the Russian command and/or Russian state media