Bakhmut
The intrepid volunteers who risk all to preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage
Among the many heroes Charlotte Higgins encounters in Ukraine are those who brave bombardment to retrieve artefacts from museums that would otherwise be lost forever
Is this the real reason Russia is trying to seize Bakhmut from Ukraine?
Bakhmut is not of immense strategic importance. It’s a backwater, empty of almost all civilian life, and largely in ruins.…
