'The situation there is the most complicated...our defenders stand strong,' Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to Ukraine's internal affairs minister, told Newsweek.
has described the situation on the frontline in Bakhmut as"very difficult", but so far, Moscow has been unsuccessful in making any strategic advances around the city.
The city has also become an important symbol of Ukraine's resistance."Bakhmut holds!" has become a national battle cry for Ukrainian soldiers, their supporters, and even Zelensky. Preventing its capture then will be key for Ukrainian troop morale as the war drags on.
"[The] Russian army has lost a colossal amount of people and equipment in this direction. They have been trying to capture Bakhmut for months now without any result," he said."The situation there is the most complicated at the moment, but our defenders stand strong and carry out their combat missions."If captured, Bakhmut would be Russia's first major battlefield victory since the summer of 2022.
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