Striden om Bachmut allt blodigare: ”En köttkvarn”

Bakhmut (Ukrainian: Бахму́т, pronounced [bɐxˈmut]) is a city and the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located on the Bakhmutka River about 89 km away from the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk. Population: 71,094 (2022 est.)From 1924 to 2016, the city was called Artemivsk (Ukrainian: Артемівськ) or Artyomovsk (Russian: Артёмовск). On 4 February 2016 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine confirmed the name change of the city by returning to the original one. Prior to 2020, when the designation was abolished, Bakhmut was a "city of regional significance" (Ukrainian: місто обласного значення, misto oblasnoho znachennya). Bakhmut was the capital of Slavo-Serbia, which was established by Serbian migrants from Austria. In 1920–24, the city was an administrative center of Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR.

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