Hilltop coal-mining town a tactical prize in Ukraine war


              Olga Kiselyova, left, and her daughters Eva and Mila, right, sit in their temporary room in the volunteer shelter "Center of Hope and Recovery" in Kyiv, on Feb. 10, 2023. Olga and her daughters are refugees from the small coal-mining town of Vuhledar on Ukraine's eastern front line which has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
            
              Olga Kiselyova and her daughters Eva, centre, and Mila sit in their temporary room in the volunteer shelter "Center of Hope and Recovery" in Kyiv, on Feb. 10, 2023. Olga and her daughters are refugees from the small coal-mining town of Vuhledar on Ukraine's eastern front line which has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
            
              In this image from Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in Feb. 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after attempting to attack, Vuhledar, Ukraine. The battle for the small coal-mining town of Vuhledar on Ukraine's eastern front line which has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (Ukrainian Armed Forces via AP)
Hilltop coal-mining town a tactical prize in Ukraine war