Zelenskyy said he believed “Ukraine lost the city, but he added that you have to understand that there is nothing there… They (the Russians) destroyed everything.”
He continued, “Today Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing there.”
Zelenskyy was speaking alongside US President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
On Saturday, Russia announced full control of the war-torn city in eastern Ukraine, and if proven, it will be the end of the longest and bloodiest battle in the long-running war. for nearly 15 months.
“It’s a tragedy,” Zelenskyy said.
Forces of the Russian special military group, Wagner, carried out the attack on the city, which was badly damaged.
The group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said earlier in the day that his forces had finally expelled the Ukrainians from the city’s last populated area.
New military aid to Ukraine
For his part, US President Joe Biden revealed a new package of military aid to Ukraine and promised Zelenskyy at a meeting in Japan that the United States would do everything in its power to strengthen the defense capabilities of Kiev in the war with Russia.
Biden said during his meeting with Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G-7 summit that the military aid package will include munitions, artillery and armored vehicles.
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