Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said ill-equipped Ukrainian troops are holed up in the AZOM metal plant in the Donetsk city.
Kyiv has reiterated its commitment to defending Bakhmut amid reports of a battle between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed forces at a sprawling industrial complex in the city.
Ukraine's president Volodymr Zelensky said Tuesday that the"main focus" for his forces included Bakhmut, where his troops intended"to inflict maximum possible damage upon the occupier." Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, also said that defending Bakhmut was the first issue discussed at meetings between the president and his top commanders.
Ukrainian news outlet Ukrinform reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said the defensive operation in the Bakhmut area"is of paramount strategic importance for deterring the enemy." Ukrainian servicemen drive past a missile embedded in the road in the village of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, on March 14, 2023. Kyiv has reiterated it will continue to the defend the city.
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