Ukraine could order a withdrawal of its troops from Bakhmut if its forces were to be encircled. But, at the moment, they still control the eastern city.
has suggested that he might order a withdrawal of his troops from the eastern city of Bakhmut if they found themselves in danger of being encircled by Russian forces.
"For me, the most important is not to lose our soldiers and of course if there is a moment of even hotter events and the danger we could lose our personnel because of encirclement—of course the corresponding correct decisions will be taken by generals there," Zelensky said during a news conference in Poland on Wednesday alongside his Polish counterpart.
But while the Ukrainian president's statement suggested that he might consider a retreat should the situation escalate, he also hinted that it's not yet time for withdrawal,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses wellwishers in the courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023."We are in Bakhmut and the enemy does not control it," Zelensky said.
The battle for Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, has been the longest and bloodiest in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now in its second year.
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