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in friday s fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn s melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? reporter: well, we ve just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that s what we re hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for the last few weeks. so russian forces sending in more and more men to try and take every trench, every defensive line, at huge cost to themselves, first and foremost. there is also ukrainians, will there is a lack of ammunition compared to what the russians have, and they are trying to capture bakhmut, but yes, for the time being, this town still stands with his four and a half thousand civi ....
Ukrainian defense, it is kind of defending the inside of the pocket now. and by, if they are, if they do pull out and they probably will, they will be able to shorten their lines. also, this has been a world war one type artillery battle, which plays into the russian s strength. the ukrainians are noble. the ukrainians are flexible. and they maneuver well. this is the type of ugly mano a mano fight that they have done very well in, but they re going to pull back probably and that will be i think tactically wise. so you see that it is inevitable that they will pull back. how will they make that determination? i think that in there, you make, if you re on the ground, you know, you re talking also to kyiv, but it is really a battlefield decision, and this isn t a prestige fight. much like the fight in the ....