here is a correspondent from deutschuli live says that russia may be close to capturing the city there is a feeling that this could be the beginning of the end for the ukrainian army in bakhmut with the subsequent withdrawal of troops, but as noted earlier - this is symbolic battle zelensky called the city a ukrainian fortress and it will be an explosion in terms of public opinion and symbolism. it is perhaps symbolic that on the air of the american cnn, which so savored the desire of the biden administration to inflict a crushing defeat on russia , rodnyansky jr., an adviser to the president of ukraine on economic issues, suddenly appears , who says that the troops can strategically retreat, that he is preparing the audience for surrender of the city fighting. there are quite severe there are very serious. the installation is very heavy for the ukrainian troops , the loss of e in manpower. e u u u u u u u u u u u u u uuuuuuuh in artyomovskoe direction uh, thousands of people killed, uh, zelensky says the situation is getting more and more complicated. this is already the new york time