At G20 meeting in New Delhi, U.S. and European delegates push for condemnation of war
Ukrainian forces hung on to their positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut early on Thursday under constant attack from Russian troops seeking to claim their first major victory for more than half a year.
Russian troops, bolstered by hundreds of thousands of reservists called up last year, have been advancing north and south of the city, trying to cut off the remaining routes in and out to the west used by the Ukrainian garrison. “But for the moment, Bakhmut will be defended with several aims - firstly, to inflict as many Russian losses as possible and make Russia use its ammunition and resources.”Russian missiles crashed into a five-storey apartment block in the southern city of Zaporizhzia overnight, collapsing the centre of the building.
Moscow has denied abusing civilians in occupied areas and intentionally targeting them in attacks. The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. “Winter is over. It was a very difficult one and every Ukrainian, without exaggeration, felt the difficulties. But we managed to provide Ukraine with energy and heat,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his overnight video message.
Western countries and Russian pro-war bloggers say entire brigades of thousands of elite Russian marines were decimated and scores of tanks and armoured vehicle were destroyed in failed attempts to storm a strategic Ukrainian bastion there in February.The war has dominated a foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi of the G20 group of big economies, one of the last international forums left involving top Western officials where Russia is still invited. U.S.
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