Kiev, Mar 1 (EFE).- The President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, has acknowledged that the war against the Russians has intensified in the strategic town of Bakhmut, in the east of the country, where they fight street by street, for what that the Government has decided to send more troops.
In his usual message to the Ukrainians published on his official website, Zelensky said that “the most difficult situation continues to be that of Bakhmut and that the battles in that city are very important for the defense of the city” and the rest of the region.
The Ukrainian president added to document the harshness of the fighting that, since last Thursday, more than 800 Russian troops have died on that front, located in the Donbas area, although he did not specify the number of casualties that have occurred among the Ukrainian forces.
“Russia does not take people into account at all and constantly sends them to storm our positions. The intensity of the fight is only increasing,” she reiterated.
“I thank all the Ukrainian warriors who, despite this crazy pressure from the occupier, are defending our positions and destroying the Russian army! I appreciate each and everyone who supports our warriors!” he added.
Bajmut, strategic point in the east to move troops and ammunition.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar, confirmed on Wednesday that reinforcements have been sent to the Ukrainian army, which for several months has maintained the defense of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
“The Bakhmut front remains the most active area of the war,” he insisted, and therefore “during a recent trip to the city, the commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, decided to move additional units there.”
In statements made to the news broadcast by Ukrainian television and broadcast by local agencies, Malyar explained that “the situation in Bakhmut is complicated and tense.”
“The Russian occupation forces concentrated their main efforts there. They want to try to completely capture the Donetsk region” and, in particular, Bakhmut, a strategic point to create a corridor in the east to move troops and ammunition.
At the same time, the deputy minister emphasized that “the decision to keep Bakhmut (under Ukrainian control) is a military one, not a political one. Decisions are made by the military, who are not guided by political motives, ”she repeated.
For several months now, Russian troops and mercenaries from the private military company “Wagner” -close to Russian President Vladimir Putin- have been continuously assaulting Bakhmut and there is currently street by street fighting to control the area.
More than 30 bombings in Jerson
But Bakhmut is not Russia’s only target in Ukraine.
President Zelenski has also referred to the situation in other regions of the country, such as Jershon, in the southeast and partly occupied by Russia, which was unilaterally annexed last September alongside neighboring Zaporiyia, and Donetsk and Lugansk ( the latter two members of the Donbas).
“Of course, we also consider (the situation) in other areas in Donbas (…), and around Kherson and its region. Yesterday there were more than 30 Russian bombardments in the area. They were bombing only streets, only people. (…) We have lost four people (in those attacks). We will do everything possible to suppress the (Russian) terrorists.”
