The Ukrainian president said he had held a meeting with senior generals and commanders in which it was resolved that there was “no part of Ukraine” that “can be abandoned”.īoth Kyiv and Moscow appear to be struggling with ammunition shortages and mounting casualties. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine is committed to defending the embattled city despite a partial encirclement. None of the claims about the situation in Bakhmut have been independently verified. Jan Gagin, an adviser to the Russian-installed leaders in the occupied portion of Donetsk, has claimed that Russian forces control about half of Bakhmut and have control over all the asphalt roads in the area. It also claimed to have shot down an SU-25 aircraft, nine Shaheed drones and eight other drones. Ukrainian forces claim to have carried out 15 airstrikes against Russian forces, including a strike on an anti-aircraft system. Russian forces carried out 50 airstrikes and five missile strikes overnight and Ukrainian forces repelled 37 attacks in the area around Bakhmut, according to the latest update by the General staff of the armed forces of Ukraine. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the seizure of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine would allow Moscow’s forces to mount further offensive operations.
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