Russian troops are "getting slaughtered" in Bakhmut, a top US general has said.

General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "For about the past 20, 21 days, the Russians have not made any progress whatsoever in and around Bakhmut.

"So it's a slaughter-fest for the Russians," he told US politicians at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Russia's military forces in Bakhmut.

"They're getting hammered in the vicinity of Bakhmut and the Ukrainians have fought very very well."

The mining city of Bakhmut and surrounding towns in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk have been the focal point of assault for much of the 13-month-long invasion by Russia of neighbouring Ukraine.

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