Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged Friday that the military situation in parts of eastern Ukraine was “very difficult” but said Ukrainian forces continued to resist Russian attacks, APA reports citing UNIAN.
In his daily video address, Zelensky said, “The frontline situation remains very difficult in the key areas of Donbas — Bakhmut, Soledar, Mariinka, Kreminna.”
The four towns are on the frontlines in Donetsk and Luhansk, which have moved little in the last three months.
“There is no living place left on the ground in these areas that is undamaged by shells and fire,” Zelensky said. “The occupiers have actually destroyed Bakhmut — another city of Donbas, which the Russian army turned into scorched ruins.”
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were holding the front, repelling attacks and inflicting “tangible losses on the enemy in response to the hell that came to Ukraine under the Russian flag.”
