Both sides have endured great losses in the fight for a minor Ukrainian City.  NPR's Scott Simon talks to a professor of strategic studies to find out why.

Why has there been a months-long, bloody fight for Bahkmut?

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Why has there been a months-long, bloody fight for Bahkmut?

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