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ukrainian forces are trying to retake ukrainian forces are trying to retake the city of but russian forces retake the city of but russian forces say they captured it in may forces say they captured it in may after a year of bloodshed and fighting on the bbc got exclusive access to elite snipers exclusive access to elite snipers named the ghosts of bakhmut conducting night raids close bakhmut conducting night raids close to bakhmut conducting night raids close to the city. close to the city. jonathan beale joined close to the city. jonathan beale joined them - close to the city. jonathan beale joined them on - close to the city. jonathan beale joined them on a i close to the city. jonathan - beale joined them on a journey to the front lines. we are in a way to a secret location. a place they call the edge of existence. behind the wheel, the man simply known as coast. he tells me his team of snipers are all known as the ghosts of bakhmut because they silently bring death.
thank you. the reuters news agency is reporting a drone strike in central moscow. it says it hit a high rise building with a second drone downed in the city s suburbs. it happened after officials in ukraine s second largest city ? kharkiv ? say drone strikes destroyed two floors of a college dormitory there and also hit the city s centre. they say one person has been injured. at least six people were killed in a separate strike on president volodymyr zelensky s hometown. it partially destroyed a residential block. zelensky has called the strike an act of terrorism. meanwhile, after a year and a half of bloodshed, the battle for bakhmut shows no sign of ending.the city holds little strategic value, but it holds great symbolic value for both sides, especially as ukraine pushes on with its counter offensive. the bbc has been given exclusive access to a team of elite snipers, named the ghosts of bakhmut, conducting night raids close to the city. our defence correspondent jonathan bealejoin
in their words, saying that all of that western hardware is getting wasted in that endeavor. but kiev still sees its destiny in this invasion in its own hands, and it will be desperate to try and achieve its ultimate goal of repelling russia completely. it is refusing to accept russia s presence in the country. but you fear that as long as russia keeps hold of what it has taken, it may start to slip away from kiev s control. but i ve got to stress, neitherside has played its full military hand in this counter offensive, and the next two months could well be crucial ahead of the onset of autumn and winter, when any kind of development will be near to impossible. meanwhile, after a year and a half of bloodshed, the battle for bakhmut shows no sign of ending. the city holds little strategic value, but it holds great symbolic value for both sides, especially as ukraine pushes on with its counter offensive. (biv)the bbc the bbc has been given exclusive access to a team of elite snipers, nam