Russian forces appear determined to try to take the Ukrainian town after suffering humiliating defeats in other parts of the country. It has made the Battle for Bakhmut one of the fiercest of the war. Security and Defence Editor @haynesdeborah Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Standing by a makeshift stove at the bottom of a bitterly-cold ditch, the Ukrainian troops enjoyed a quick tea break. Suddenly there was a loud whistle and a crack as a Russian artillery round flew overhead and exploded in a field behind them. The soldiers barely flinched, hardened by months of war. Instead, their focus was on staying warm. One of them even carried on calmly cutting into a plastic bottle. The water inside had frozen solid as temperatures on the frontline plunged below zero. Peeling away the plastic, he plonked the giant, bottle-shaped ice cube into a pan to melt. Then came a second round, this one much closer, smashing into a road above them with a punishing crash. Serv