Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that the Russians threw all their resources - people, equipment, as well as propaganda potential - into the attack on Bakhmut. Therefore, Ukraine is forced to use maximum forces to protect the city, she said during the telethon..

" They completely destroy the city, in such conditions it is difficult to hold positions. In some areas they manage to move forward, but Bakhmut is standing, we are inflicting incredible losses on the enemy both in infantry and in equipment,"

She added that, given the number of people and equipment, Russia is a strong adversary.

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Recall that the defenders of Bakhmut cause maximum damage to the enemy and do not allow the occupying troops to pass in the direction of Chasovoy Yar and Konstantinovka. The Russians, meanwhile, are reducing offensive operations around Donetsk, probably in order to transfer resources specifically to the Bakhmut direction.