That unannounced trip came as the Kremlin announced that President Vladimir Putin would meet senior military officials to weigh up Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine so far and set goals for next year.
His planned trip acknowledges that the United States has been the most important supporter of the war effort, already providing an estimated US$50 billion in total aid, including some US$20 billion in security assistance., where he described the war-battered city as a frontline "fortress".
That unannounced trip came as the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin would meet senior military officials Wednesday to weigh up Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine so far and set goals for next year after a series of battlefield defeats. "Here in Donbas, you're protecting all of Ukraine ... They will do everything they've done here in other towns of our country, because they don't want anything Ukrainian to exist, I'm sure of that," Mr Zelenskyy told his troops in Bakhmut.
"This is not just Bakhmut, this is fortress Bakhmut," he said, handing out honours to Ukraine servicemen.Source:The brutal trench warfare and artillery battles around Bakhmut — once known for its vineyards and cavernous salt mines — have flattened large portions of the city and its surroundings.
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