Zelensky: “If the Russians take Bakhmut, their path to other cities will be open”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that if Russian troops succeed in capturing the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has become the epicenter of the fighting, the “road will be open” to seize other important cities in the east of the country. An interview with the chain CNN.
The president of Ukraine defended his country’s decision to keep his troops in this punished city, where dozens of soldiers died on both sides and the population fell from 70,000 to less than 5,000.
“This is a tactical issue for us,” Zelensky insisted, before insisting his top military commanders unanimously support extending the city’s defenses after weeks of nonstop Russian attacks. said.