The battle for Bakhmut, which is still under Kyiv's control, has raged for seven months, with thousands of people killed and hundreds of buildings collapsed or charred. The few remaining civilians have been confined to basements for months with no running water, electricity or gas.
In spite of the rumours of an imminent retreat of his troops, Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office said yesterday that Ukrainian generals had supported continuing Bakhmut's defence.
After a series of meetings with Zelenskiy, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine's ground forces, "spoke in favour of continuing the defensive operation and further strengthening [Ukrainian] positions in Bakhmut", Zelenskiy's office said.
Intense street fighting has continued in the eastern Ukrainian city, with Kyiv and Moscow struggling with mounting casualties and ammunition shortages. Volodymyr Nazarenko, a senior Ukrainian commander, described the situation in the city as "hell" in an interview with Ukraine's Kyiv24 on Sunday, but said it had stabilised the frontline and that Russian forces were on the outskirts.
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