Ukraine's Bakhmut: Inside the frontline city • FRANCE 24 English

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The eastern city of Bakhmut has become the most active and violent frontline in the Ukraine war. It is constantly pounded with both Russian and Ukrainian artillery, and infantry is fighting on the streets. Our reporters James André and Mayssa Awad spent six days inside Bakhmut. They followed Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold the city and the last residents struggling to survive under constant shelling. This is their exclusive report.
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@atomic4650 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, massive respect for this kind of reporting, takes a lot of courage to get that close to the fighting.

@anniecameron6794 Жыл бұрын

Try living in it daily its crazy

@GP30277 Жыл бұрын

@@anniecameron6794because you would know

@Cerbyo Жыл бұрын

up close to THE REAR LINES? ok. more than don lemon at least

@kwame176 Жыл бұрын

@@Cerbyo😂😂

@psychologianiestacjonarna6558 Жыл бұрын

" Wounded Ukrainian soldiers are ferried to military hospitals " And the Russians (Wagners)... are crawling wave after wave over the bodies of the previous wave. Russia doesn't evacuate or care even about its own casualties, life has just a value of body meat...

@faizal6948 Жыл бұрын

A massive respect to France 24 for reporting the ground situation. Tired of hearing unconfirmed news, spread by skynews, DW, CNN etc.

@SelfProclaimedEmperor Жыл бұрын

The confirmed news is that Russia has suffered the worst humiliation of the 21st century, 11 months into a planned 3 day war against a country 27 times smaller.

@congthucle7937 Жыл бұрын

By not nó.

@DCS977 Жыл бұрын

@@congthucle7937 ,,,shut up!!👉🐂🐂🐂🦆🦆++

@elperrodj-lazcano8493 Жыл бұрын

CNN 🤑🤑🤡🤡🤡

@user-fr9mw9go7z Жыл бұрын

And from another dide?

@67ned Жыл бұрын

And all of them speaking Russian language?!

@levkotovskiy4981 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and it's sad. Because this indicates the imperial policy of ruzzia during the times of the ussr

@reinoud6377 Жыл бұрын

Why aren't the civilians forcably evacuated by the military? Isn't that obliged by the Geneva convention?

@RuleofFive Жыл бұрын

The absolute waste of human lives for a horrible reason is beyond my comprehension. I hope that young couple finds some peace.

@redacted.are.best. Жыл бұрын

Really not understood, for 11 months?

@patrickhenry6695 Жыл бұрын

@@redacted.are.best. you mean since 2014

@redacted.are.best. Жыл бұрын

@@patrickhenry6695 Well 11 months can't be compared.

@kathya1956 Жыл бұрын

Guy will probably get conscripted.

@tayikolla6205 Жыл бұрын

Right. Nato neutrality was worth 100,000 Ukrainian casualties?

@bobzitsomee5987 Жыл бұрын

This is how a war video should be presented. ...Realtime and raw ..unbiased...honest... .not propaganda b.s.

@philiplyapunov Жыл бұрын

"honest"

@MidngihtVisitor Жыл бұрын

Still waiting for the "unbiased and raw" part you're talking about

@AnonDoge Жыл бұрын

@@MidngihtVisitor I mean the damage didn't appear out of thin air.... We all know who is doing this...

@funbigly Жыл бұрын

Did you love how the civilians are walking around in plain sight, while the Uke troops duck and cover inside buildings???

@cronos1.2_sqrt5.2 Жыл бұрын

@@AnonDoge Obama? Nuland? Both?

@rinatst.petersburg6511 Жыл бұрын

Question: when are you people going to admit this is nato artillery, not ukranian? I also hear people speak Russian language in the first minutes. That can tell us something...

@levkotovskiy4981 Жыл бұрын

🤡 Кацап, харе спамити. Франція всеодно поставляє Цезарі і танки, як би ти не кукарікав тут

@Alonsel3 Жыл бұрын

To see her go back to her shelled apartment and seeing the emotions hit her in real time is truly the real front line civilian story.

@robertokandal Жыл бұрын

pack man w want to buy one

@dexterstudio480 Жыл бұрын

That old woman sentimnt of waiting for peace is so heartbreaking

@princess0584 Жыл бұрын

Im from Philippines .just now i shed tears 😭😭😭😭..i met Ukrainian in my work she always cry .i piity her

@fabianpillay860 Жыл бұрын

America doesn't like peace

@fada3399 Жыл бұрын

If you never been in that situation where you have to leave your home for nowhere, you're not going to get. It's sad!

@VREmirate Жыл бұрын

Yes. Humanitarian aid can find a nice apartment but for how long, 1 month, 6 months, 1year max? Also once you leave, no one will let you back in. It's a very difficult decision not to be taken lightly.

@seabound1350 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate this kind of reporting, thank you 🙏

@lieschenmultikill5038 Жыл бұрын

French journalists are top notch/ first class. Our German reporting is not even a fraction as good as this! Awesone work!

@jamesrivers8755 Жыл бұрын

Europe needs to engage The Russians/bring the devastation to Moscow!

@unclesamautos Жыл бұрын

Very good report not just lines on a map.

@ibrahimsaid5121 Жыл бұрын

I have experienced this kind of horrific situation since when i was young in my beloved country Somalia, it was hard and terrifying situation.

@MrPeterPan Жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, it’ll be bettter after the city is liberated. The west messed your country up too

@alextyy Жыл бұрын

BS, nobody invaded Somalia

@ebonymaw8457 Жыл бұрын

@@alextyy there was still a war there, which is what he is talking about.

@edmond8603 Жыл бұрын

@@alextyy So quick to jump you morrrron,

@Habshoosh Жыл бұрын

@@alextyy Civil war is even far worse than invasion, in terms of threat on people's lives & impact on their livelihood.

@sibolang6501 Жыл бұрын

I❤️U UKRAINA 🇺🇦🇺🇦💪💪👍💪 From Indonesian 🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🙏🙏🙏

@yosephmulu4435 Жыл бұрын

Thanks France 24 for sharing the updates from the ground.

@bigchiefmanagement8524 Жыл бұрын

City war is the most deadly war ever and I have been through this in my lifetime South Sudan 🇸🇸… I can truly feel their pain 😢

@MilanDrazic Жыл бұрын

Those propagandist don't care of south Sudan

@edgzta Жыл бұрын

Urban warfare is indeed very cruel.

@user-xt5xl3hc9r Жыл бұрын

А что тебе сделали суданцы?

@4a4i4 Жыл бұрын

а что ты в судане делал

@dejangamingytgameszaramoth1852 Жыл бұрын

You invaded that country? How come you aren't bad guy then?

@tonybrown3192 Жыл бұрын

Huge respect to James André and Mayssa Awad and to France24 for their reporting here - this is the reality of this awful war. So much of the reporting is like we are seeing a sports match being played out with military and political pundits opining like its the World Cup or something, it's really grotesque. People are being ripped apart literally and figuratively and it shows absolutely no sign of stopping any time soon. Tragic.

@Michael_Veritas Жыл бұрын

@@robmoreno3094Correct they don’t want to report from Russian side. It’s much easier to lie from just Ukrainian side.

@eimisavageofficial9196 Жыл бұрын

Lol shut.up...drunk boy

@rachidsabil3873 Жыл бұрын

search for Patrick Lancaster if you want to see reportages from the other side

@robertolang9684 Жыл бұрын

they failed to report and film the dead bodies in pieces of the soldiers ?

@sujac664 Жыл бұрын

@@rachidsabil3873 I've heard consistently that he was a Kremlin picked and paid plant since they first invaded 2014... someone to cover over/muddy the truth of Russias conquest over Ukraine, for the western speakers... apparently there're quite a few of them for all major countries and audiences 🤔

@jorgecorona9208 Жыл бұрын

This is the Best report I have seen this far, I got to see both sides of the coin as to the feelings of the people there. Thank you

@sullybiker6520 Жыл бұрын

I am so impressed with that girl's dignity. Apologizing for showing some emotion, and refusing to fight with her father. What an astouding people under such awful circumstances.

@janweigel3058 Жыл бұрын

I feel like "what are you doing in this sector, it is being shelled" is one of the most badass things you can hear and document as a journalist

@9UaYXxB Жыл бұрын

The journalists aren't there to swagger. They're there out of a commitment to truth. Those are not mere words, they are living their belief system.

@OSTemli Жыл бұрын

Watch RT journalist, getting out from hotel rubble when struck by ukraine artillery. Goes out and sleep, no fear.

@fordfokus9408 Жыл бұрын

FRIENDS, FRANCE❗UKRAINIANS NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN BAHMUT❗THANK YOU ✊

@kriskross63 Жыл бұрын

If a journalist does not hear such questions, it is not a journalist

@axiom1509 Жыл бұрын

This is bestiality, extreme exploitation of Ukrainian vassal.

@XXX3155 Жыл бұрын

This piece hit different. No one shows the civilians that are caught in all this - and honestly that was so impactful. That bit about the family hit me way too hard, there's no way that family will ever be whole ever again after this war

@uilnosaj Жыл бұрын

Civilians are just a by product, where were you when the US bombed a wedding in Afghanistan, Yeman and etc..

@MihaiRUdeRO Жыл бұрын

@@uilnosaj Where were you when Russia eradicated entire cities in Chechnya?

@kentonian Жыл бұрын

Never forget that Russia did much worse in Afghanistan and they didn’t have a 911

@grahamt5924 Жыл бұрын

@@uilnosaj whataboutisim.

@hithere7382 Жыл бұрын

@@grahamt5924 It's not so nice when it's used against you russian shill is it?

@unknownwarrior666 Жыл бұрын

Saddened me to see that lone old lady strolling along with her shopping trolley like nothing was wrong. Keep your heads held high your doing a grand job on the battlefield ❤️💙

@korespodance2815 Жыл бұрын

wow, rare, excellent reporting on this tragic theatre of war that shows the complexity of the situation.

@giovannirondon7412 Жыл бұрын

Great reporting. I felt like I was there for a few minutes. So much stress and sadness on their facial expressions.

@tugatgalut Жыл бұрын

This is a tragedy. End the war. Peace. 🙏🙏

@academicresearch2280 Жыл бұрын

Good reporting, many thanks.

@3tektv646 Жыл бұрын

I like to hear the soldiers talk about their experiences, they tell the real stories and what is really happening.

@TheClaudio7078 Жыл бұрын

There s channel on KZfaq that have exactly that

@rogerfournier3284 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@shivanshna7618 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClaudio7078 channel name?

@marcelschulz734 Жыл бұрын

Maby they forget the tortures pro-russians has to suffer by ukrainian facists.

@muffinman4811 Жыл бұрын

This is honestly stellar reporting my god

@danielarcadia7243 Жыл бұрын

yes ..will be used in military history lessons , as reported 10 % population remained ( proof of Darwinism not bright ) ... next time don't give population time to think ...rolling fire bombing .. giving time for ding bats to leave

@515coldfire Жыл бұрын

They just left the fact that ukronazis are the ines attacking civillians

@pepelepew1227 Жыл бұрын

5:10 wow zelenskyy copying russian strategy

@dunkey7739 Жыл бұрын

@@pepelepew1227ok

@youreonlyadream Жыл бұрын

wow amazing video! Thank you for bringing us inside and see whats its like. Much respect

@zafarmalik9625 Жыл бұрын

I hope peace ✌️ will prevail and people will be living happily again war is bad anywhere the situation looks really bad at the moment

@marcogallostampino2063 Жыл бұрын

Povere persone,Signore Dio Onnipotente,ferma questa guerra e porta la Tua Pace nel mondo,abbi misericordia di noi e perdona i nostri peccato.Grazie.Amen🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️😞😞

@danibass1085 Жыл бұрын

Non serve un cazzo pregare, Dio non esiste, è una invenzione fantasiosa dell'uomo

@65stang98 Жыл бұрын

this battle is gonna be one of the most famous in history being how long and how much coverage it has received.

@Honeybee897 Жыл бұрын

I pray day and night for this war to end. I am hurting, I am losing confidence in humanity. We have wars in Africa aswell but the atrocities are not known to the world.

@teleguy5699 Жыл бұрын

We tend to relate to people we can identify with sadly. Plus, another sad thing is, this could go global with one misstep. A lot more riding on the outcome than civil wars in other nations.

@ishadowmarshall282 Жыл бұрын

This was an excellent reporting from the front line. Bravo!!

@soloar2007 Жыл бұрын

One of the best reports of the entire war thus far

@mohamedpatehbarry1827 Жыл бұрын

This video is straight unbiased,I hesitated to click it at first. Kudus to the media team I ve been longing to see footages from bahkmut but here I got a full, comprehensive video

@NoName-ml5yk Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating how little sense of self preservation some people have.

@volodymyr3169 Жыл бұрын

Please elaborate

@daventure Жыл бұрын

@@volodymyr3169 he's probably referring to the citizens casualy walking the streets. Apparently not caring about the artillery going off in the area. I think... If you endure such cruelty everyday for a long span you get numb to it. Humans have an "amazing" ability to adapt in such situations

@crazychase98 Жыл бұрын

@@daventure Is it really adapting though

@saigonlovely3648 Жыл бұрын

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Roses for the people of Ukraine and brave journalists.

@aaz3313 Жыл бұрын

Very good report, which emphasize, that peace is the most important for people.

@HouseholdDog Жыл бұрын

Get to the negotiating table...

@eastafricanforever3457 Жыл бұрын

Those civilians walking relaxed while shelling continues 🥺

@agostinozara4488 Жыл бұрын

Good documentary for a french production...no bullish.. as usual but straight reality. Good work

@joaquinxy Жыл бұрын

Today, Bakhmut is now being operationally encircled and there is one last road left to resupply. We thank you FRANCE24 for sticking their necks out to report the struggles of this fortress city.

@paulvarn4712 Жыл бұрын

High quality reporting.

@aranireland Жыл бұрын

Just incredible reporting. Thank you

@saccorhytus Жыл бұрын

Imagine it almost sound like a constant thunder storm for weeks or months

@Jensth Жыл бұрын

Great reporting! Brutal reality.

@virgiliustancu9293 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that half of those soldiers will survive until next week.

@thewho5786 Жыл бұрын

Fighting will get intense in that area as soledar is already fallen.

@joeenglishtv Жыл бұрын

Great report from the front line!

@crleeusa Жыл бұрын

Near Zero spin. Awesome reporting. Thank you, am subscribing.

@sammearns428 Жыл бұрын

One of the most informative and honest reports since the war started. Let's pray the family reunite and work out their differences.

@elmerdancy2673 Жыл бұрын

These are the cleanest soldiers ever to come out of an active combat zone. 🤣😅🤣🤔🤫

@MegaStevie14 Жыл бұрын

Great reporting very informative and interesting

@williampenatac9832 Жыл бұрын

It’s so heart breaking! But Navajos also say “whoaaa bah!” And “what the!” Navajo Prayers from the US!

@impostor101 Жыл бұрын

Maan all my strength were drain after watching those wounded soldiers

@kieronkilgannon8135 Жыл бұрын

street fighting is the most brutal i feel sorry for all involved

@catdogmousecheese Жыл бұрын

More brutal than trench warfare?

@RazorMouth Жыл бұрын

It's actually the least brutal of all types of warfare. Lots of protection with the buildings.

@somedudeonline1936 Жыл бұрын

@@RazorMouth that means it's brutal because you have to get the enemy out of those buildings

@RazorMouth Жыл бұрын

@@somedudeonline1936 open field or desert warfare would be 10 times worse.

@edwardd9702 Жыл бұрын

The WW2 Germans were the masters of maneuver warfare in the desert or the Russian steppe but urban fighting ate them up as it does everyone.

@michaelopoku4837 Жыл бұрын

Great reportage. The sad realities of war. I hope peace talks start soon.

@frantisekjanosik5339 Жыл бұрын

brave people..

@wisemansifiso3382 Жыл бұрын

Good and brave reporting imdeed. I sentiment that people. ❤❤❤✌✌👍👍👍

@Travis26X Жыл бұрын

Its amazing that anyone can get used to living under those circumstances

@Riverdeepnwide Жыл бұрын

Peace and restoration to beautiful Ukraine people and country.

@slobodanpopovic4358 Жыл бұрын

@F AMERICA kikiiukukikullllo

@SCg64 Жыл бұрын

Pourquoi il n'y a t-il pas de sous-titres ?

@toguchina6159 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work

@WoolyJumper5 Жыл бұрын

Amazing piece, thanks France24.

@steveaksel Жыл бұрын

The first group of troops they interview look so clean with helmets and gear that you would touch them a lot with your hands, everything is dirty around them but are still clean and new, freshly shaven, they don't look like they have been on the zero line very long. Very strange.

@proto-nm9hr Жыл бұрын

Fresh troops are rotated constantly due to the high casualty rates

@proto-nm9hr Жыл бұрын

@@LXT43 I am Ukrainian I lost a friend already in bakhmut

@steveaksel Жыл бұрын

@@proto-nm9hr You would think they would pull them back a few KM for rest but could they completely re-outfit them with new clothes and gear, have you seen what the guys in the trenches look like? you can't scrub that away with a week off in the rear.

@mariiaaleksevych7360 Жыл бұрын

@@steveaksel those guys were not filmed in trenches. France 24 did not go to the trenches, the trenches in progress of creation is not on "zero point" obviously

@Lonely-Poland-Com Жыл бұрын

The tragedy of wasted lives for such a senseless reason is heart-wrenching. My thoughts are with the young couple affected by this tragedy.

@charconiff949 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤❤

@jonathanfoster2568 Жыл бұрын

Amazing reporting and many thanks for providing in English Merci 🙏

@swany001 Жыл бұрын

This is the sad part of any war , The inocent civilians that have to suffer because of polititions and politics' who are pretty warm and safe miles away from any danger.

@Boopathydubai Жыл бұрын

It is a proxy war.

@kriskross63 Жыл бұрын

The question is: how ‚innocent‘ are civilians who elected this government?

@josephroessler7724 Жыл бұрын

My prayers are with the Ukrainian people and realized that people have it a lot worse problems than I do "God Please protect theses people and keep them safe ""

@bintafaal-kohlschmidt1753 Жыл бұрын

Oh god pls stop this war 😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏

@notsoeloquent Жыл бұрын

Send the weapons.

@peace-to-the-world Жыл бұрын

There is a song written long time ago by ukrainian muscian called "Тарас Петриненко - Господи помилуй нас" with exact words in its content

@jackwing3499 Жыл бұрын

100 a day in one hospital, don’t even mention the ones that are bagged up into trucks

@peteyspaletas2023 Жыл бұрын

God bless them.

@pechpunlorksourn1561 Жыл бұрын

Let's fight for peace and independence

@VREmirate Жыл бұрын

Very informative and moving. It's easy to report from Kiev, it's much harder to go to places like Bakhmut and report on the ground.

@jianyang6281 Жыл бұрын

and it is even harder to interview with the dead ppl of Dunbass who have dies from 2014 to 2022.

@kdark1n641 Жыл бұрын

"Easy to report from Kiev" while you are most likely are living on another side of the globe. Must be an amazingly high horse you're currently on

@brianedward6417 Жыл бұрын

@@kdark1n641 Go over there and fight Karen. Watch your mouth also!!!👉🤡🤦

@eziekkiel5876 Жыл бұрын

@@jianyang6281 Give it a rest! You're so full of sh*t...

@jianyang6281 Жыл бұрын

@@eziekkiel5876 reall? so much hunger to defend your own master?

@DanielMontezima Жыл бұрын

That one was a good report according to me. Thanks FRANCE 24

@1Chitus Жыл бұрын

The other stories made Bakmut seem like a tiny village, but we can see here it's a big city. It really shows just how devastating and destructive the fighting is. This invasion is so senseless and cruel.

@FreedomAlternativeRO Жыл бұрын

@@user-yv3lg1jx4l Пять рублей.

@user-dk4sm7eb8h Жыл бұрын

No one is interested in why all this is happening, how much grief people have experienced over the past eight years in the Donbas. Everyone is sorry for Ukrainians, only their president is not sorry for them

@f1r3hunt3rz5 Жыл бұрын

I wish people said the same thing when USA invaded Iraq and Afghanistan.

@Leodicapri0 Жыл бұрын

Merci boku France24 ❤

@erolegario Жыл бұрын

As an American, I empathize with the woman and her Dad. The US War of Independence was not supported entirely by everyone. There were many loyalists to the Crown. The lady referred to herself as a Patriot, while the older father held an ethnic and Soviet view. "Patriot"

@Fantabiscuit Жыл бұрын

Not Soviet. Only ethnic and religious belonging

@smarkasmc Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this documentary👍Слава Україні! 💙💛🌻

@yankeehunter4726 Жыл бұрын

@rutgerolsen5157 Жыл бұрын

Will never understand why 20 year old civilians are not signing up while staying in Bakhmut

@marcoperez2844 Жыл бұрын

Is the sound necessary in all your videos? The siren

@josh77577 Жыл бұрын

These hospital with constant waves of wounded is working way smoother than the NHS.

@ibrahimtouman2279 Жыл бұрын

no bureaucracy and tons of paperwork 😂

@agustindejesus7398 Жыл бұрын

It is sad. How can anyone live like that....scare, unsecure, expecting the worth every day.

@goranjeremic2775 Жыл бұрын

Made in USA.

@agustindejesus7398 Жыл бұрын

@@goranjeremic2775 Gor, i thought it was....made in Japan.

@kenedzrasim7497 Жыл бұрын

Wow. They look really in "shape"! 300 pounds each! Scary.

@ivanzlatar2445 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Reporting !

@memirandawong Жыл бұрын

This is by far the best kind of unbiased reporting, in documentary style. Very professional and very informative. After watching this segment I feel I have a good understanding of this situation. Hopefully you can follow up with the daughter/father and split family. This tells an even larger story than the war itself.

@user-eu6et4uf9d Жыл бұрын

Почему ты решил что это непредвзятый репортаж? Ты там был?

@zograf4572 Жыл бұрын

How can something be unbiased when it's all about one side. Have you seen russian soldiers being interviewed? When you hear all sides of the story than it is unbiased.

@andia968 Жыл бұрын

Way better than the biased cnn bbc crux etc

@BoleDaPole Жыл бұрын

Hahaha he said unbiased 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the laugh. Wonder why they never cover the shelling of civilians in donbass.. eh what am I saying thats the Russians shelling themselves 🤣🤣

@elkudos6262 Жыл бұрын

Well, if Russians were to allow journalists to come near, without shooting on sight or kidnap and torture, then they probably could have gotten an interview published, as it is, though...

@leewilkinson8609 Жыл бұрын

So sad to see all this..this didn't have to happen. Hats off to he doctors and nurses and volunteers that risk their lives to help...real heroes..

@sergiokozerenko2465 Жыл бұрын

Amazing reporting.

@miskowski1500 Жыл бұрын

Really great material.

@Igniting-Moments Жыл бұрын

very good documentary. Terrible times in Bakmut/ Ukraine

@branokrajcovic8863 Жыл бұрын

I can't understand why people with kids don't want to leave the city :/ :(

@s.a.3894 Жыл бұрын

Maybe they wait for russians to come and liberate the city?

@upupandaway5646 Жыл бұрын

Home

@pepelepew1227 Жыл бұрын

low iq. i would have left the moment a foreign soldier step 1 foot in. fighting for a corrupt country isnt worth it and democracy will simply defund the veterans anyway.

@_bbie Жыл бұрын

Some financially incapable

@IvanIvan-nv5sd Жыл бұрын

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