- Zelensky paid gratitude to his soldiers.
- Moscow has been trying to take over for months.
- ISW based in the US issued a warning on Saturday.
Kyiv: Volodomyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, paid gratitude to his soldiers on Sunday who were engaged in the “sad and tough” conflict for the country’s frontline eastern Donbas area.
After the general staff of Ukraine announced that its forces had repelled “more than 130 enemy attacks” the day before, notably in Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka, he made his remarks.
The eastern city that Moscow has been trying to take over for months was described as “the enemy’s attempts to encircle the town of Bakhmut” early on Sunday.
The “fortress Bakhmut,” which Russian forces appear determined to seize, will be defended by Ukraine. The city, which has been almost completely destroyed in the conflict, has little actual strategic value, according to analysts.
But, as the conflict’s longest and bloodiest combat drags on, its outcome has come to have greater symbolic value than military importance.
In his daily address, Zelensky said, “I would want to pay special homage to the bravery, fortitude, and resilience of the soldiers fighting in the Donbas.
“One of the toughest struggles is this one. unpleasant and painful.”
Donetsk and Lugansk, which Russia asserts to have annexed despite never having complete authority over it, make up the Donbas.
The Ukrainian army had “repelled assaults, devastated the occupation, undermined hostile positions and logistics, and secured our borders and cities,” according to Zelensky.
But, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), based in the US, issued a warning on Saturday that Bakhmut’s supply routes through Ukraine were becoming more constrained.
The Ukrainian command has indicated that it will probably evacuate rather than take the chance of being encircled, the statement continued. “The Russians may have meant to encircle Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut.
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