Russia's claim of victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut suggests that the brutal urban combat that marked the deadliest battle of its war in Ukraine might be over.But what comes next is far from clear.While Moscow is trumpeting a Mission Accomplished moment in its war, Ukraine even as it insists Bakhmut has not completely fallen sees an opening to seize the initiative from the city's outskirts if Russian forces are no longer pressing forward inside the city's center.
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