Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday his forces would be able to hold ground in the eastern Donbass region and capture territory if their Western backers delivered weapons.
Zelensky told reporters after a summit with senior EU leaders, “If the weapons (delivery) are accelerated – long-range weapons – we will not only retreat from Bakhmut, we will start to occupy Donbass, Which has been occupied since 2014.” Officials in Kyiv.