At a headquarters meeting, President Zelenskyy instructed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to continue to hold Artemivsk

Zelenskiy / official Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a headquarters meeting. It was decided that the country’s armed forces would continue to stay in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and keep it under assault from Russian forces.

The leadership of Ukraine has no intention of abandoning its positions in Artemovsk. The armed forces will remain in the city and defend it, the president’s office reported on Tuesday (March 14).

It is noteworthy that Zelenskyy held an emergency meeting of the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and it was decided to hold Artemivsk. In addition, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the issue of supplying the army.

They also discussed the distribution of equipment among units of Ukrainian troops. Among it is a large number of samples provided by Western countries.

The Russian army had to cross 670 meters to the administrative building in Bakhmut, said Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT, earlier.