An internal conflict is underway between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and General Valery Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to government sources cited by Bild on Monday. Kiev insiders told the German tabloid that the military commander called for a withdrawal from a key Donbass city weeks ago.
Zaluzhny advised the president to abandon Artyomovsk, which is called Bakhmut in Ukraine, rather than keep defending it as Russian troops threaten to take control of the city, the newspaper said. However the Ukrainian leader declared the city a fortress, and refused to pull back.
Amid intense fighting for Artyomovsk this year, Russian forces have made notable advances. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the private military company Wagner Group, claimed last Friday that it was “de-facto completely surrounded,” with only one road available for possible evacuation.
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