 Heavy battle of stormtroopers of 3rd SAB of Ukraine in Bakhmut area, an excerpt from a heavy battle fought by the soldiers of the 4th Company of the 2nd Assault Battalion of the 3rd SAB of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the assault near Bakhmut. The video was published by Butosov Plus Telegram channel. The heavy shelling and explosions in the forest belt did not subside for a moment, but the fighters were not going to give up their land and their brothers. Ukraine fought tooth and nail for months to defend the eastern city of Bakhmut from a never-ending onslaught of Russian soldiers. The fighting which claimed thousands of lives on both sides was so brutal in nature that it was characterized as a slaughterfest or the meat grinder. Kiev dismissed skepticism at home and abroad and calls for it to rethink its approach to the city's defence, including calls for its western allies to consider withdrawing and focus the effort elsewhere along the front lines. The risky decision to stay there came with significant costs and Moscow eventually captured the city in May, but war experts say that it paid off for Ukraine both at the time and in the months that have followed.