15 March 2023
![A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops](/assets/images/bakhmut/6923373895637593.jpg)
A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
— Photo by Roman Chop / AP Photo
![A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops](/assets/images/bakhmut/3625769255827563.jpg)
A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
— Photo by Roman Chop / AP Photo
![Curtains blow in a flat in the building damaged by shelling at the scene of the heaviest battles with Russian troops in Bakhmut](/assets/images/bakhmut/5956294844733543.jpg)
Curtains blow in a flat in the building damaged by shelling at the scene of the heaviest battles with Russian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
— Photo by Roman Chop / AP Photo