Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the eastern city of Bakhmut, the scene of some of the most intense combat since Russia invaded the country. 9News
Both leaders sought to build morale as the stalemated conflict grinds through its 10th month and winter sets in.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, speaks to soldiers at the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, speaks to soldiers at the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian military contractor, are reported to be leading the charge in Bakhmut. At the Kremlin ceremony on the holiday honoring Russia's military and security agencies, Putin presented awards to the Moscow-appointed heads of four regions of Ukraine that Russia illegally annexed in September."Now Russia is again facing such challenge. Soldiers, officers and volunteers are showing outstanding examples of courage and self-denial on the front line."
"Your duty is to do all that is needed to ensure their safety and protection of rights and freedoms," the former KGB operative said. Some 100,000 Russian troops were "dead, injured or have deserted" since the invasion began, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. Wallace didn't give a figure for Ukrainian casualties, but a senior US military recently put the estimated number of Ukrainian troops killed and wounded at about 100,000.
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