The situation in Bakhmut is 'extremely tense,' the commander of Ukraine's ground forces said.
A Ukrainian Army self-propelled 122mm Howlitzer fires on a Russian position on February 18, 2023, near Bakhmut, Ukraine. The city is under heavy attack by Russian forces."Despite taking significant losses, the enemy has dispatched its best-trained Wagner assault units to try to break through the defenses of our troops and surround the city," he said, referring to the paramilitary outfit that has been leading an assault with conventional Russian troops on the city.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an update on the conflict on Tuesday said Bakhmut remains one of Russia's main focuses. Earlier, Ukraine's military said Russia had strengthened its forces in near Bakhmut and was shelling settlements around the city. Bakhmut, which had a pre-war population of 70,000, is a shadow of its former self. Earlier this month, Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said that just 5,000 civilians, including 140 children, remained in the war-ravaged city.has vowed to protect Bakhmut, saying it's important to hold on to the city, but not at any cost.
"It's not a particularly big city. Like many others in the Donbas devastated by the Russians. It is important for us to protect it, but not at any cost, so that everyone dies. We will fight as long as it makes sense," Zelensky said last week.Zelensky said that if Russian troops are successful in capturing Bakhmut, they will want to continue their offensive in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk,"up to the borders of Donbas and to the Dnieper, if they can.
Many analysts say Bakhmut holds little value itself in strategic terms, but believe Russia will use the city as a stepping stone toward its goal of capturing the entire Donbas region.
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