Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits front-line Bakhmut

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bakhmut, a city on the front lines.
• Russian military in Donetsk have targeted the city for months.
• He visited with soldiers and presented honors to military.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, paid a surprise visit to Bakhmut, a city on the front lines where Ukrainian and Russian forces have been engaged in a bloody, months-long struggle.

According to the president, he visited with soldiers and presented honors to military.

Bakhmut, which has sustained severe damage, has been a major target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region for months. The offensive has been halted by Ukrainian forces, though.

The visit is a powerful act of resistance and support for Ukrainian forces fighting in some of the bloodiest engagements in recent weeks.

His visit will be contrasted with recent public appearances by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on Monday made his first journey to Minsk in almost three years to meet with his longtime ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

The two leaders discussed stepping up their military cooperation as speculation of a potential new strike on Ukraine from Belarusian soil grew.

During the invasion in February of last year, a few Russian units entered Belarus and assaulted Ukraine from the north.

It was revealed to the Media by a senior US State Department official, nevertheless, that there were divergent opinions within the Russian leadership over the feasibility of a winter offensive.

He also said the US was also seeing “very significant” shortages of ammunition for Russian forces and noted that the people being “thrown into the fight” were not trained cohesive units, which limited their effectiveness.

All that “puts constraints” on what the Russians might want to do, he added.

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