Zelensky acknowledges that the Donbas battle is "one of the most difficult, painful and complicated"

MADRID, 5 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, stated this Sunday that the battle of Donbas is "one of the most difficult, painful and complicated" of the war while news of intense clashes in the strategic town of Bakhmut continue to arrive.

Zelensky stressed that despite the difficulties, the "defenders" have managed to hold out for another week and with it Ukraine is one week closer to victory.

Zelensky has mentioned a series of military units, volunteers and health workers "who save lives and take care of the health of our soldiers."

The latest data points to Russian advances on five fronts: Kupiansk, Limansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivsk and Shakhtarsk. In Bakhmut in particular, a military spokesman, Serhii Cheravati, has stressed that they continue to resist.

"No army in the world announces its tactical actions, but the Ukrainian forces resist defending Bakhmut. The information that our troops have withdrawn from the city is false," Cheavati said in statements to the Ukrainian Channel 24 collected by the Ukrinform news agency. .

Meanwhile, the British secret services have indicated in their daily report that Bakhmut is under increasing pressure and that there is intense fighting around the city. It also includes that in the last hours two strategic Bakhmut bridges have been destroyed, one of them "vital" to connect the city with the last supply route that leads to Chasiv Yar.

However, British Intelligence has also warned that Russian forces are poorly equipped, noting that some fighters are armed only with shovels.

On the other hand, the rescue work has been completed in the Zaporizhia building that was hit by a Russian missile last week and the final number of thirteen deaths, including a baby, has been confirmed.