The Ukrainian Defense Forces will not move away from Bakhmut and will begin to de-occupy the territory of the East occupied by the Russians. This will happen if our state receives long-range weapons as soon as possible.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a press conference on the results of the Ukraine-EU Summit, reports Channel 24 strong>.
No one will surrender Bakhmut
The head of state stressed that no one will surrender Bakhmut.
We will fight as long as we can. We consider Bakhmut our fortress… If there is an accelerated weapon, the most long-range weapon, we will not only not move away from Bakhmut, we will begin to de-occupy Donbass, which has been occupied since 2014, Zelensky said.
According to him, Ukraine knows the specific needs to do this. The President thanked all the states that are on this path next to our country.