Deputy Minister of defence of Ukraine: We carry out counter-attack on many directions

“The Russians are now concentrating a large part of their military there and they are pulling in reinforcements while I talk to you. For them, Bachmut is crucial for sliding further deep into Ukrainian territory, which is why they fight so fiercely for him. But Ukraine's Armed Forces are putting up powerful resistance, and on the 1 hand, much of Bakhmut is now controlled by the Russians. On the another hand, they cannot decision further, due to the fact that around the city, on the flanks, the dominant positions are occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Hanna Maliar, deputy head of the Ministry of defence of Ukraine, says in a peculiar interview with Defence24.pl. Michał Bruszewski talks.