The conditions in which Ukrainian soldiers are fighting near Bakhmut began to resemble the front line of the First World War.

On Twitter, a user with the Walter Report account posted black-and-white photos from the Western Front of World War I and modern photos from Bakhmut, which are hard to tell apart without a caption.

On the left is the Allied position near the town of Verdun-sur-Meuse in southeastern France, a photo dated 1917.

The longest and fiercest battle of the First World War took place here.

On the right, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine - a city that is continuously attacked by the Russian invaders.

On the left: Verdun, 1917.

On the right: Bakhmut, 2022. pic.twitter.com/B7mMEC99Fp

— Walter Report @walter_report@journa.host (@walter_report) November 26, 2022

As early as August 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced the beginning of the battle for Bakhmut, however, despite temporary successes recorded especially in the southern section of the attack direction, Russian troops did not manage to occupy the city even after almost 4 months of fighting using kamikaze drones obtained from Iran , reinforcements withdrawn from Kherson, as well as new units mobilized.

We will remind you that previously volunteer Viktor Borynets published a photo of Ukrainian defenders defending Bakhmut of the Donetsk region in terrible conditions.

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