Ukrainian President Zelensky visits war zone around Bakhmut
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled to the vicinity of the heavily contested city of Bakhmut and paid tribute to Ukrainian soldiers fighting there against Russian forces, according to a video released on Wednesday.
- Post By Ivan Kolekevski
- 17:07, 22 March, 2023
Kiev, 22 March 2023 (dpa/MIA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled to the vicinity of the heavily contested city of Bakhmut and paid tribute to Ukrainian soldiers fighting there against Russian forces, according to a video released on Wednesday.
"I saw a lot of destruction today in the surrounding area. But the most important thing is victory," he said in the video.
Everything will be rebuilt, he promised.
He also visited a military hospital with the military governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Russia has been at war with neighbouring Ukraine for more than a year. Including the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, Moscow has annexed a total of five Ukrainian regions in violation of international law.