PBS NewsHour

The human toll of the battle for Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine

Russia claims it has won the battle for Bakhmut, but the fighting continues as it has for more than nine months. Both sides have taken massive casualties to control the strategically marginal city in Ukraine's east. John Ray of Independent Television News has a rare look at one of Ukraine's military field hospitals and its efforts to save lives shattered by war.

The human toll of the battle for Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine

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