Ukraine's Zelenskyy appears to confirm loss of Bakhmut
HIROSHIMA, Japan: Ukraine said on Sunday that it was still fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said earlier that the city remained"only in our hearts".
Asked before a meeting with United States President Joe Biden in Japan if the city was still in Ukraine's hands after the Russians said they had seized it in its entirety, Zelenskyy told reporters,"I think no."Zelenskyy's press secretary later clarified that the leader was responding to a different part of the question.
"Reporter's question: Russians said they have taken Bakhmut," Sergii Nykyforov wrote on Facebook."President's reply: I think no."to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city, which if true would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war.
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