Bakhmut on fire - Russians bombarded city with phosphorus bombs. VIDEO

On evening of 5 May, footage of a massive Russian shelling of Bakhmut’s neighbourhoods with phosphorus bombs was published.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported in a telegram from the Special Operations Forces.

"We are standing! The soldiers of the Special Forces, together with their brothers-in-arms, continue to defend Bakhmut!" the statement reads.

Read it on Censor.NET: "They climb and climb, even under mortar fire": Report from the first line of defence in Bakhmut. VIDEO