Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Saturday that the scenario on the entrance traces within the east of the nation was getting more durable and Russia was throwing increasingly more troops into battle.
Russian forces are slowly gaining floor within the Donbas area, encircling the town of Bakhmut north of Donetsk and battling to take management of a close-by highway which is a significant provide route for Ukrainian forces. They are additionally making an attempt to seize Vuhledar, southwest of Donetsk.
“I’ve often had to say the situation at the front is tough, and is getting tougher, and it’s that time again. … The invader is putting more and more of his forces into breaking down our defenses,” Zelensky mentioned in a video deal with.
“It is very difficult now in Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Lyman and other directions,” he continued.
Earlier within the day, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar wrote on Telegram that Russian efforts to interrupt the defenses in Bakhmut and Lyman had failed.
Lyman, which lies simply to the north of Bakhmut, was liberated by Ukrainian forces final October. —Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
