This Wednesday, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, acknowledged that the situation for his troops in the city of Bakhmut is very difficult due to the siege by Russian troops, which has been characterized in recent days by heavy artillery attacks and a shortage of ammunition for his men.
Zelensky counted that at least 60 attacks by the Russians have had to face the Ukrainian Armed Forces in recent days, even so, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that they repelled 32 attacks by the Russian forces, which are battling for authority. the town for several months.
Uncertainty over the authority of the city has been maintained since the weekend since, according to the head of the Wagner group, Yevgueni Prigozhin, the city was taken by his troops, while Kiev dismisses this statement by Vladimir Putin’s man. “I can assure you that the enemy does not control Bakhmut,” Zelenski assured from the Polish capital of Warsaw, where he held a meeting with the president, Andrzej Duda.
The Ukrainian president is on an official visit to Poland this Wednesday, the first since the war began, to discuss security issues and bilateral trade with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda.
Besides that, the head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin still insists that both the Russian flag and the banner of his military organization are to be hoisted on the administrative building. On the war’s anniversary week, the Russian chief blamed “the war bureaucracy” for delays in taking Bakhmut, promising the Kremlin he would capture the city by mid-April, as a deadline.
With information from EFE
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