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forces retain control of Bakhmut and speed up deliveries of heavy tanks

In his evening address on Saturday

Zelensky acknowledged that the situation was getting tougher Russia he said was throwing more and more of its forces at breaking down our defence”

“It is very difficult now in Bakhmut, Vugledar, Lyman and other areas,” he added referring to the frontline towns in the east of the country

The British defence ministry said on Sunday that over the past week Russia had made “small advances” in its attempt to encircle Bakhmut of mortar shells to and from Russian positions echoing in the background

Last night a missile flew into my garden and a bullet flew inside my house, it could have hit me,” he added “I might die now or in 30 years If I m killed it will be God’s will ”

“I came to pray for peace,” added Lyubov Avramenko, 84

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Kyiv s troops would fight for Bakhmut “as long as we can ”

He urged the West to supply Kyiv with sophisticated weapons to help his

The two main roads into the city for Ukrainian troops “are likely now both threatened by direct fire, following the Russian advances,” the British defence ministry said Bakhmut is increasingly isolated – Missile strikes in Kharkiv –

For months Moscow has systematically targeted Ukraine s civilian infrastructure, including the energy grid, leaving millions in the dark and cold in the middle of winter

In Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, a missile strike hit a residential building on Sunday, wounding four people, said Oleg Synegubov, head of the regional administration Another strike left a security guard injured when a missile hit an institute in the northeastern city, he said