Zelensky: The Russians are not controlling Bakhmut despite the difficult situation
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the situation in the embattled city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine is still “very, very difficult”. “The largest number of different weapons such as artillery is used there,” said the 45-year-old on Wednesday in Warsaw at a press conference with his Polish colleague Andrzej Duda. The situation regarding available ammunition is changing daily and Ukrainian troops are fighting with varying degrees of success, he said. “But we are in Bakhmut and the enemy does not control Bakhmut,” emphasized Zelenskiy.
Selenski also contradicted recent statements from Moscow. The head of the Wagner mercenary group fighting in Bakhmut, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had claimed that his units had “legally” captured Bakhmut because they controlled the city administration building. “The more ammunition gets to Ukraine, the faster we will clarify the situation not only in Bakhmut, but on the whole territory of our state,” said Zelensky.