04:40 PM Zelensky spoke with Czech leader Peter Paul on SundayĠ4:14 PM Pictured: People look at a destroyed Russian tank in downtown Kyiv “The real heroes now are the defenders who are holding the eastern front on their shoulders, and inflicting the heaviest possible losses, sparing neither themselves nor the enemy,” Syrsky was quoted as saying in a statement on Saturday. Some military experts have questioned the sense of continuing to hold the city, but the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, said that it helped win time in preparation for the coming counteroffensive. Ukraine has said it is buying time to launch an upcoming counteroffensive by continuing to defend Bakhmut.Ī top commander in the Ukrainian army, said his forces were defending the city against fierce and sustained Russian attacks, but that this was necessary to “buy time” for that push. Iran has reached a deal to buy advanced Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Iranian state media said on Saturday, expanding a relationship that has seen Iranian-built drones used in UkraineĠ5:15 PM Ukraine ‘buying time to prepare counteroffensive’ as Bakhmut battle rages.Russia’s defence ministry said its forces continued to conduct military operations in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, claiming to have killed more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours.Ukraine and Russia have both claimed hundreds of enemy troops were killed over the previous 24 hours in the fight for Bakhmut.Swiss neutrality is more important than ever, President Alain Berset said as he defended the controversial ban on transferring Swiss-made arms to Ukraine.Ukraine has said it is buying time to launch an upcoming counteroffensive by continuing to defend Bakhmut.Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day’s agenda from The Telegraph – direct to your inbox seven days a week. Russia has sought to play down the alleged attack, which the Mariupol City Council claimed was a “possible hit” on Russian locations. The explosions follow two reported strikes on Saturday, with one said to have landed near the airport.
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