US President Joe Biden said that F-16 fighters will not help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut (Russian name – Artemovsk). He announced this at a briefing of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, reports CNN.
“As for the F-16: F-16s won’t help at all here,” he said, answering a related question.
Earlier, Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, during a briefing declaration About the completion of the capture of Bakhmut.
Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Sergey Nikiforov declarationThe Ukrainian leader said in an open meeting with White House President Joe Biden that he did not accept the loss of the city. Nikiforov wrote about this on his social networks.
On the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, during Zelensky’s meeting with Biden, journalists shouted a question to the President of Ukraine: “Is Bakhmut still under Ukraine’s control?” Another statement followed: “Russia says they took Bakhmut.”
The President of Ukraine replied: “I don’t think so.” Then he added: “But you must understand that there is nothing left. Today Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing in this place.”