The battle in Bakhmut has been the longest since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, with the city representing strategic importance for Moscow.
Gas service workers checks a gas pipe as local residents clear debris in a damaged residential building after a military strike on the town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, on April 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The head of president's office said Russian forces carried out"a massive bombardment" on the village of Kostyantynivka near Bakhmut, killing six people and injuring eight on April 2.
To take the remaining half, Russian forces have to go through Bakhmut, which is still seeing heavy counter-offensives by the Ukrainian military, despite losses on both sides.
."However, our defenders are bravely holding the city, fighting the numerous attacks of the enemy. During the day, the invaders carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Orihovo-Vasilivka Donetsk region." Though Ukrainian forces continue to defend Bakhmut as they resist Russian offensives, Ukrainian Presidentthat he might order troops to withdraw in case they face Russian encirclement.
"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 alongside his Polish counterpart.
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