Russian and Ukrainian forces continued the fierce battle in the contested city of Bakhmut on Monday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing his troops’ performance as “against all odds.”
Ukrainian Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, who oversees operations on Ukraine’s eastern front, visited troops defending the outskirts of Bakhmut and nearby Soledar on Sunday, the Ukrainian leader also said in his nightly address Sunday."Bakhmut is holding out against all odds. And although most of the city is destroyed by Russian strikes, our warriors repel constant attempts at Russian offensive there. Soledar is holding out.
Wagner, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, has roughly 50,000 members deployed to Ukraine, and they had lost roughly 1,000 soldiers in recent weeks, National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters late last month. “An unnamed White House official stated on January 5 that the United States believes Prigozhin seeks to extract salt and gypsum from mines in the Bakhmut area for monetary gain,” the report read. “Prigozhin attempted to justify the importance of mines around Bakhmut and Soledar on January 7, stating that these mines have 'unique and historic defenses' that act as a 'network of underground cities.
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