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Ukraine contests Russian claims about Bahmuth amid the devastating toll on their soldiers,

defending the embattled city.

Correspondent Nick Robertson's report embedded with the troops and

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Is the grinding battle for Bahmoud over since Russia's mercenary and chief

Yevgeni Prigosian claimed this weekend to have finally seized control of the

city. The Ukrainian government swiftly denied it saying saying their troops still hold some territory

and are fighting to surround Russian forces pinned down there.

Russia has thrown wave after wave of mercenaries into the fight for Bahmoud, and Ukraine has lost some of its most experienced

soldiers. And while the defenders say morale is high, the fighting is taking its toll.

He is correspondent Nick Robertson on patrol with exhausted and shell-shocked Ukrainian troops near Bahmuth.

Barely out of the armoured troop carrier, incoming artillery. We're just going to wait in this little basement until the shellings over then they think

it'll be safe to move forward to the front positions.

A few minutes later, safe to come out at this army

outpost a few miles from Bachmut. Last night was hard, a lot of shelling.

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