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Local resident Lyubov Nikitichna, 84, shows where her son sleeps at her home on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, Ukraine on Aug. 18, 2022. She was injured in her thigh as she stood outside her residence when a Russian shell landed nearby. Shelling was consistently heard as Ukrainian forces held off an attempted advance on the area by Russian troops according to a General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine post on Facebook. Russia shells the city daily as it attempts to conquer Ukraineâs Donbas region.