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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the fighting in Bakhmut, the heavily fought over city in Ukraine’s Donbas region, is “especially hot”.
“I am grateful to our warriors who are fighting near Avdiivka, Maryinka, near Bakhmut… Especially Bakhmut! It’s especially hot there today!” he said in his nightly address without elaborating further.
From a legal point of view, Bakhmut has been taken. The enemy is concentrated in the western parts.”
The situation in Bakhmut remains tense,” Maliar said on Telegram. “But every military decision and every step is weighed carefully … We respond to the prevailing situation appropriately, taking into account all circumstances, tasks and the principle of military feasibility.”
