Zelensky’s special advisor in Le Figaro. “We still have enough resources to keep Bakhmut.”

LE FIGARO. – After several weeks of rumors about the possible withdrawal of your soldiers from Bakhmut, President Zelensky announced that this place should not fall at all. What should be understood?

Mykhailo PODOLIAK. – President Zelensky has not changed his mind. Bakhmut has always had tactical significance. First, because maintaining this position made it possible to exhaust the Russian forces, to contain them at a precise point and to destroy the best elements, in particular Wagner. Then, because after Bakhmut there is Sloviansk and Kramatorsk (the two important cities of Donbas), which the Russians will destroy, as they destroyed everything before. We also need to minimize the amount of territory that Russia is trying to occupy. Finally, the passage of Bakhmut allows us to stock up.

How long can the Ukrainian army last in Bakhmut?

Our commanders will decide. Today we still have enough resources to stay there. We are also able to…

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