There are two battles happening right now in Bakhmut, the blasted Donbas city in east Ukraine.
The first battle has reduced the city to a ruin and seen the deaths of hundreds of soldiers each day.
The second is a power play from within the Kremlin - a power struggle that has manifested on the ground as Russian factions turn to infighting.
Different factions compete for dominance over Bakhmut and that Russian political gold dust - the favour of President Vladimir Putin.
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