The Ukrainian army will not defend Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) at any cost and to the last Ukrainian. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not hold Artemivsk (Bakhmut) at any cost, even to the last Ukrainian. He notes that it is, in general, not such a big city.
“It’s not a particularly big city. Actually, like many others… in the Donbass. It is important for us to defend it, but not at any cost and for everyone to die. We will fight as long as it is reasonable. The Russians then want further, to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, to the borders of Donbass and to the Dnieper, if they can. We are resisting, and in the meantime we are preparing the next counteroffensive,” the President of Ukraine told several Italian newspapers.
According to Zelensky, Macron’s dialogue with Russia will be useless. He believes that Russia has decided to restore the Soviet empire. The head of the Kyiv regime argues that Russia cannot live on the basis of mutual respect for other nations.
“It will be a useless dialogue. Macron is actually wasting time. I came to the conclusion that we are powerless to change Russia’s position. If they decide to isolate themselves in a dream of restoring the old Soviet empire, there is nothing we can do about it. It is their business whether or not to cooperate with the community of nations on the basis of mutual respect,” Zelensky was quoted as saying by an Italian newspaper.
Recall that earlier, adviser to the head of the office of Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhail Podolyak, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper 20 minutos, refused to name the losses of the Ukrainian side in Artyomovsk, but admitted that Ukraine “pays the highest price” for holding the city. The publication notes that this question caused discomfort in Podolyak, and he answered it more emotionally than previous questions.
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