In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, soldier turned volunteer Petro Stone describes the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city turned into a “meat grinder” as Russia makes repeated attempts to take it.Stone says the city has been vastly depopulated by months of constant Russian shelling, those that remain are forced to live in basements or outdoors and there is little medical provision for locals, many of whom have been wounded. It is part of Ukraine’s frontline defense, and its capture could enable Russian forces to threaten the nearby cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
