Zelensky: Bakhmut hasn't been captured by Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 21 that Russian troops have not captured the embattled city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.
"Currently (Ukrainian) soldiers are performing very important assignments," Zelensky told a press conference during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan. "They're in Bakhmut. I won't say in which locations but this means that Bakhmut has not been seized by Russia as of now. There can't be two or three interpretations of this."
Zelensky also said that Russia “can't defeat” Ukraine.
"We don't have easy questions and answers," he said. "But we hold on because of the courage of our warriors. We don't leave our men to die. I understand what's going on out there and for what."
Zelensky's comments come a day after the Russian Defense Ministry and Russia's Wagner mercenary group claimed complete control over the city. The claim was immediately denied by the Ukrainian military and Ukrainian authorities.
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-says-ukraines-military-perform-tasks-in-bakhmut/
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