Zelensky thanks Bakhmut defenders

Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained "particularly hot", President Volodymyr Zelensky said, giving no indication the city had finally fallen to Russia as claimed by the founder of the Wagner mercenary force.
Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops, involved in a months-long effort to encircle and capture the bombed-out city, had raised a Russian flag on its administrative building.
Ukraine’s military said in a Monday update Bakhmut and several other towns including Avdiivka were at the "epicentre of hostilities".
"The enemy continues its assault on the city of Bakhmut. However, our defenders courageously hold the city," the military said.
Zelenskiy, in his Sunday night video address, thanked soldiers fighting in Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Bakhmut.
"Especially Bakhmut. It is especially hot there," he said.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133578