Ukraine’s top military commanders have vowed to keep defending the besieged city of Bakhmut, where Russia is hoping to make its first major wartime gain in more than half a year, and will strengthen their defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
However, late on Monday, Zelensky said that at a meeting of top military officials he had asked the commander of the regional grouping and Ukraine’s commander in chief how they proposed to proceed.“I told the commander in chief to find the appropriate forces to help our guys in Bakhmut.”
The appeal from Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin came amid signs of a deepening rift between him and the Russian defence ministry whom he has bitterly criticised for months and accused of deliberately starving his men of ammunition, an allegation it has rejected. Russia’s offensive has produced no notable gains, failing to seize ground in Luhansk province further north and taking heavy losses in particular around Vuhledar to the south.
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