Ukraine leaders vow to bolster Bakhmut defence as battle rages

Ukrainian military leaders have expressed determination to hold onto Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said he discussed the Bakhmut operation on Monday with the chief of the general staff and commander of ground forces, who both spoke in favour of “further strengthening positions in Bakhmut” and continuing the defensive operation.
Intense Russian shelling targeted the city in the Donetsk region and nearby villages as Moscow pressed a three-sided assault to try to finish off Bakhmut’s resistance.

Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports.

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