(The Guardian) Fighting in Donbas 'difficult and painful’, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said fighting in the eastern regions of Bakhmut, Kreminna and other areas in Donbas are “difficult and painful” for Ukrainian troops.
Addressing the situation on the frontline in his Monday night address, he said: The frontline. Bakhmut, Kreminna and other areas in Donbas, which now require maximum strength and concentration. The situation there is difficult, acute. The occupiers are using all the resources available to them - and these are significant resources - to squeeze out at least some advance.”
Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Monday that more than 60% of the infrastructure in the city of Bakhmut, which has been the site of intense fighting, is partially or fully destroyed. “Russia is constantly shelling Bakhmut’s infrastructure. The enemy is keeping on scorched earth tactics,” he said.
Ukraine’s eastern military command spokesman Serhiy Cherevaty also said that the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas in Donetsk remain the sites of the heaviest hostilities. He reported that there were 225 shellings from artillery and tanks in the Bakhmut area on Monday alone.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military said dozens of towns in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzia regions were shelled by Russian forces.
In the Kherson region, Russia shelled populated areas along the right bank of the Dnieper River, Ukraine’s military said.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said fighting in the eastern regions of Bakhmut, Kreminna and other areas in Donbas are “difficult and painful” for Ukrainian troops.
Addressing the situation on the frontline in his Monday night address, he said: The frontline. Bakhmut, Kreminna and other areas in Donbas, which now require maximum strength and concentration. The situation there is difficult, acute. The occupiers are using all the resources available to them - and these are significant resources - to squeeze out at least some advance.”
Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Monday that more than 60% of the infrastructure in the city of Bakhmut, which has been the site of intense fighting, is partially or fully destroyed. “Russia is constantly shelling Bakhmut’s infrastructure. The enemy is keeping on scorched earth tactics,” he said.
Ukraine’s eastern military command spokesman Serhiy Cherevaty also said that the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas in Donetsk remain the sites of the heaviest hostilities. He reported that there were 225 shellings from artillery and tanks in the Bakhmut area on Monday alone.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military said dozens of towns in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzia regions were shelled by Russian forces.
In the Kherson region, Russia shelled populated areas along the right bank of the Dnieper River, Ukraine’s military said.
