Petro Poroshenko on what needs to happen to end the war in Ukraine | DW News

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered military commanders to send reinforcements to help Ukrainian troops defending the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian authorities say that only a few thousand of the original 70,000 people living in Bakhmut remain.

The battle for the eastern city is now the longest and bloodiest of the year-long war. Russia says seizing Bakhmut would be an important step toward capturing the industrial Donbas region. Western defense officials say the city has little strategic value militarily -- but that victory there would be symbolically important to Russia.

DW spoke to Petro Poroshenko, on what needs to happen to end the war in Ukraine.

00:00 Is it the right decision for Ukraine to continue defending the city at all costs?
01:35 What's going on behind the scenes regarding Bakhmut? Is Zelenskyy overruling his top military brass?
04:38 Poroshenko: Fast ammunition delivery is key
07:03 'De-Putinizing' Ukraine and the world

Poroshenko served as president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

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