ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「In more peaceful times, Bakhmut was known for its sparkling-wine factory and salt mines. The loss of Bakhmut started in earnest with a Russian missile strike in May 2022. By June, the Ukrainian government was urging all those who remained in Bakhmut, as well as other cities and towns in the path of the Russian advance, to join a growing exodus of civilians fleeing for safety. Bridges were blown up and the land was seeded with mines. Ukrainian soldiers fortified positions in the city as Russian forces pounded away from the perimeters. Despite the setbacks, the one place that Russia kept attacking with ferocity was Bakhmut. By Saturday, one year after the Russians first started shelling the city, relentless bombardment had turned shops and homes to charred ruins. As Ukraine shifted its focus to the fighting on the outskirts, President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged that the city was gone, saying, “Bakhmut is only in our hearts.” Our photographers and reporters have been chronicling the devastation and despair in Bakhmut since the early days of the war. Read the full report at the link in our bio. What’s in these photos: Oleksandr says goodbye to his wife, Yana, in Kramatorsk. 📸@danielberehulak Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut. 📸@tylerhicksphoto A complex that was bombed by Russian forces in Bakhmut. 📸@finbarroreilly Volunteers working with Vostok-SOS, a nongovernmental organization, carried 77-year-old Zinaida, who is blind and struggles to walk, down five flights of stairs during an evacuation in Bakhmut. 📸 @ivorprickett One of Bakhmut’s main bridges was destroyed. 📸 @tylerhicksphoto An injured Ukrainian soldier is rushed to be stabilized by medics from the 80th Air Assault Brigade. 📸@tylerhicksphoto An explosion lights up the sky as soldiers call in artillery on Russian positions around the city. 📸@tylerhicksphoto Grave diggers lowering the coffin of Roman Vakulenko, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed by Russian artillery in Bakhmut. 📸@finbarroreilly Ukrainian forces fired a barrage of 122-mm-caliber Grad rockets in the direction of Bakhmut during a night operation. 📸@tylerhicksphoto A drone image of western Bakhmut. 📸@tylerhicksphoto」5月24日 5時31分