trench warfare

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Russia has poured extra troops and artillery into the fight this year and some analysts have compared the months of intense, inconclusive trench warfare in eastern Ukraine to World War One.

From Reuters

The battle for Bakhmut in the industrial Donbas has been one of the fiercest of the nearly 13-month-old war in Ukraine, drawing comparisons with World War One trench warfare.

From Reuters

Much of the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine lies in ruins after months of bloody trench warfare.

From Washington Times

Ukrainian forces prevented a swift victory early in 2022, and the conflict, which Moscow calls a "special military operation", has become one of grinding trench warfare in the east and south.

From Reuters

Ukraine had success with counter-offensives in late 2022 to seize much of the territory it lost early on, and the war has settled into one of attritional trench warfare and rising losses on both sides.

From Reuters