Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, described a system of mines as 'the cherry on the cake' in the battle for Bakhmut.
90 percent of Bakhmut's residents have fled, with the 8,000 residents who remain subject to daily fire.
Musicians of Donetsk's Philharmonic Orchestra rehearse before a classical music concert in salt mines in the city of Soledar in eastern Ukraine on 6 October, 2007. The concert took place in a salt mine at a depth of 288 meters before an audience of 350 people.
The Soledar salt mine also contain sculptures carved from salt, a chapel and displays of mining tools. Prigozhin said stockpiles of weapons had been stored underground in Bakhmut since World War I and that Bakhmut is considered to be a"serious logistics center."
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