Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has admitted that the situation in Bakhmut, a city sieged by Russian invasion forces, is getting more difficult by the day. „The enemy is systematically destroying anything that can be used to reinforce our defenses”, Zelensky said, who labeled Ukrainian servicemen involved in this battle „true heroes”. As early as last summer, Moscow’s troops have been trying to take Bakhmut, a key strategic settlement, that has become a symbol of the battle for the entire Donbas region. In a statement to the Russian television, the head of pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, claims that all access routes to the Ukrainian fortress in Bakhmut are in „firing range”. Previously, the owner of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced his mercenaries had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of the city.
RRI
