Voice of Ukraine

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (507th day): It took ruzzians 10 months to take over the city of Bakhmut. The name of that city became famous as it was a place of great heroism and resistance. The city was leveled to the ground as ruzzians tried to take over it at any cost. Bakhmut became the frontlines in May 2022 when it was targeted by regular ruzzian shelling. From Aug 2022 ruzzians made it a priority target for taking over and managed to do it by the end of May 2023. The cost of that was complete destruction. Ruzzians exhausted significant forces; it’s estimated that 20,000 ruzzian soldiers gave their lives for the only purpose of destroying the lives of people in Bakhmut.

Before the war that started in 2014, this city had a population of 70,000.

There were 17 schools (11600 students) in Bakhmut. There were 29 kindergartens (3500 children) in Bakhmut. In Bakhmut there were 3 vocational schools (2000 students), 2 technical schools (6000 students), several music schools, 5 houses of culture, 12 libraries. Near Bakhmut there was a salt mine and the world’s largest underground concert hall. A large enterprise for the production of sparkling wines using the classical bottled method was located in Bakhmut. We can keep listing all the things that used to be in Bakhmut. There used to be a city of Bakhmut, but not anymore. Where the “Russian world” comes, everything ceases to exist.