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Ukraine’s long battle for Bakhmut takes toll on German gun
3 years agoResidents walk past destroyed houses in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv following a Russian missile attack on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
The fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been going on so long that even recently delivered Western weapons like the German Pzh2000 howitzer are showing wear and tear.
