Russia and Ukraine pounded each other’s forces in heavy fighting around the small eastern city of Bakhmut on Tuesday, as Kyiv’s allies pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. Invading Russian forces have fought to seize Bakhmut for months as part of a grinding battle for control of the Donetsk region, one of four territories in Ukraine the Kremlin claims to have annexed since its Feb. 24 invasion in votes rejected by most countries as illegal.
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