Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fields media questions at the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Russian forces weren’t occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow’s insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen. Zelensky’s response in English to a question earlier at the summit about the status of Bakhmut suggested that he believed the city had fallen to Russian forces, and he offered solemn words about its fate. Russian forces still seek to seize the remaining part of the Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control, including several heavily fortified areas. “We fought not only with the Ukrainian armed forces in Bakhmut.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 22, 2023 00:31 UTC