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Local residents gather close to a Christmas tree as they rest inside a humanitarian aid centre in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on January 6, 2023, as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 316th day. Like every other day this week, holdout residents of this all-but-destroyed city on Ukraine's front line flocked to a ground-floor humanitarian aid centre on January 6, 2023, desperate for food and internet access. And like every other day this week, shelling rained down around Bakhmut into the afternoon, giving the lie to President Vladimir Putin's demand that Russian troops observe a 36-hour ceasefire which, had it been respected, would have begun before midday. As they sipped hot tea and slurped noodles around a woodstove, the crowd of mostly elderly civilians said they were not surprised fighting had continued in a city that lies in ruins after months of fierce combat, the worst of the 10-month war. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)
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