President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Friday that Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the key eastern city of Bakhmut, as Moscow ramps up pressure in the eastern reg…
“Nobody will give away Bakhmut,” Zelensky said during a meeting with European Union leaders. “We will fight for as long as we can. We consider Bakhmut our fortress.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday Ukrainian soldiers will fight for as long as they can to defend “fortress” Bakhmut in the east.AFP via Getty Images Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, said new battle tanks pledged by NATO nations last week would serve as an “iron fist” in Kyiv’s counteroffensive to smash through Russian defensive lines.
Russia has been stepping up pressure on Ukrainian forces in the east, where Kyiv says Moscow is sending thousands of soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries to their deaths for small gains. A Belarusian volunteer fighting on the Ukrainian side said there are no signs that Kyiv’s forces were ready to pull out of Bakhmut.Social worker Tetyana Lemzyakova, 23, holds Maria, 6, at a humanitarian center in Bakhmut Friday.A Belarusian volunteer fighting for Ukraine inside the city said there was no sign yet that Ukrainian forces were planning to pull out.
The rockets, known as Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs , could target all Russian-occupied territory on Ukraine’s mainland, as well as parts of the Crimea peninsula seized by Moscow in 2014.
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