and our other main story tonight. a special report from bakhmut in eastern ukraine the site of fierce fighting from which almost all the city s residents have fled. we are walking over shards of glass. pretty much every second you hear the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over. sir. tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over. intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the votes intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the votes and intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the votes and it s - intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the votes and it s time l intensely fought over. sir, you do| not have the votes and it s time to withdraw not have the votes and it s time to withdraw. ., ., , ,, ., , , withdraw. chaos in the us congress as republican withdraw. chaos in the us congress as republican rebels withdraw. chaos in the us congress
paid their last respects to the former pope benedict 16th before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like. a
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you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. and over the past few months of fierce battle, even though it s at an important road intersection, it is the symbolic importance of this fight that has become greater then its strategic location. bakhmut is the home anatoly has known all his life. we see him barely react when a shell lands a few hundred metres away. shell explodes. he s come to an aid centre, a lifeline for those still here. why don t you leave? we asked him. translation: l have - nowhere to go, i am alone. who would want to take an 86 year old? here at least sometimes, when the soldiers throw away food orsoup, ifind it and eat it.