They will go to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk: Zelensky explained why the Armed Forces will continue to defend Bakhmut
Zelensky insists on the opposite and indicates the impossibility of abandoning the city. "We cannot abandon Bakhmut because it will expand the front and give the occupiers and mercenaries with Wagner PEC a chance to seize more of our lands," the Head of State commented. The President is convinced that if the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seizes the city, the next points will be Kramatorsk and Slavyansk of Donetsk region.
Separately, Zelensky emphasized the unity and will of the Ukrainians to victory over the enemy. "We hope and believe that we are approaching the victory with daily achievements. The Ukrainians are determined to return the occupied lands and develop their country," the Head of State said. He also touched on the issue of a future counter -offensive, for which the Armed Forces are now actively preparing.
In an interview, Zelensky thanked the Allies for their support and stated that they support themselves first and foremost by helping Ukraine. "The truth is that Russia will not stop in Ukraine. It is clear to everyone. You pay a cheap price, because otherwise Russia will go further," he summed up. On April 23, the commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that on April 23, the Ukrainian military continues to keep strategic booms in Bakhmut.
"We beat the enemy, often unexpectedly for him, and continue to keep strategic borders. Warriors who carry out active assault actions to capture the positions of Russians receive encouragement and reward," he said after visiting the Front positions of the Armed Forces in the East. Russian troops, according to Syrsky, suffer great losses, their personnel and offensive potential are destroyed.
The chief sergeant of a motor infantry company with a call sign "Cerber" spoke of a confident maintenance of the Armed Forces "Road of Life" in Bakhmut. On this road, the Ukrainian army receives security. "We keep the road, keep it confident. For the whole time I am in Bakhmut, there was no interruption. This means that the enemy cannot cut this" road of life.
" The Armed Forces we have to disperse the equipment, ammunition and food stocks so that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not strike them. In the construction of the Institute of War Study on April 23, it was stated that the command of the invaders seeks to take control of Bakhmut before the Armed Forces counter -offensive.
"Wagnerivtsi" suffer great losses in the hope of seizing the city, but to support their success requires the involvement of VAT compounds on the order of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, experts said. "The Wagner PVC financier, Yevgeny Prigogin, conveyed the northern and southwestern flanks of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and confirmed that VAT connections support Wagner's main efforts in Bakhmut," the report reads.
VAT units under Bakhmut, as analysts noted, are more distant than grueling city battles than mercenaries. Therefore, they will leave the battle for Bakhmut in a much better form than Wagner, said in the summary. Recall that the journalist of the German tabloid Bild Julian Ripke spoke about the departure of the Armed Forces from the latest held positions in the center of Bakhmut on April 23.