In Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 21 thousand. " – wounded. These figures were announced by Vladimir Zelensky during a press conference.

The President added that defenders in the Bakhmut direction receive the best weapons.

" Because everyone understood that Bakhmut would keep a lot of military. For me, the people who were in Bakhmut are super people.. And everything that came to us, all the deficits, shells and the like, we gave everything there: Storm Shadow, 155 caliber artillery, Excaliburs, Caesars, Highmars,"

According to Zelensky, it is impossible to “strengthen” the buildings in the city when 50,000 shells of 122 and 152 caliber arrive there a day.

\? We need to get people out of such a structure so as not to lose them.. Fortified entrances to the city. Bakhmut was not preparing for a full-scale war. This is one city. But such forces met there, and it was clear that it would take on the function of a magnet,"

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It should be noted, according to the General Staff, over the past 24 hours in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the direction of Klishchievka, but had no success..

Inflicted an air strike in the area of \u200b\u200bBelaya Gora, Donetsk region. The areas of the settlements of Vasyukovka, Malinovka, Tikhonovka, Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Grigorievka, Kalinovka, Ivanovskoye, Stupochki, Belaya Gora, Aleksandro-Shultino, Ozaryanovka, Toretsk and Northern Donetsk region suffered from enemy artillery shelling.

The Ministry of Defense reported a day earlier that the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to switch to offensive operations in some areas..