Bakhmut remains the hot spot in the war between Ukraine and Russia — the head of Ukraine's armed forces described the situation in the city as "difficult," although Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said intense fighting there is taking a big toll on Russia's forces.
Zelenskyy said Sunday evening that since March 6, Ukraine's forces had "managed to eliminate more than 1,100 enemy soldiers."
The commander of Ukraine's ground forces Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Monday that "Wagner's assault units are advancing from several directions, trying to break through the defenses of our troops and advance to the central districts of the city," according to the latest post on the Military Media Centre, translated by NBC News.