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title: "Zelensky Admits Bakhmut Loss Would Pave Way to Bigger Ukraine Cities"
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[As has been previously discussed here](https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/892718.html)

> [Ukraine war: Borrowed time for Bakhmut as Russians close in](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/08/ukraine-war-borrowed-time-for-bakhmut-as-russians-close-in/)






###### **`“These heights are more important for the Russians than Bakhmut itself,” said a Ukrainian colleague. <em>“If they can bring their artillery here, t<span style="text-decoration: underline;">hey can target bigger cities like Kramatorsk and Slovyansk</span>. “</em>`**

![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-19.png?resize=243%2C183&ssl=1)Zelensky> ***“The Russians know very well that Bakhmut would open the way to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk for them. Sloviansk is not a metropolis, but Kramatorsk is a big city. And that is exactly their big goal in eastern Ukraine. Every small town like Bakhmut that the Russians seize brings them closer to the big cities,***” the head of state said in an interview with the German publication Welt.
> 
> “I don’t mean to say that Kramatorsk and its inhabitants are more important than Bakhmut, no. ***But every little town we lose means a step forward for the Russians who – as we now know – want to take the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* That is why we are putting up so much resistance in Bakhmut,” he said.**

**Notice Zelensky’s admission of Bakhmut’s importance?**

 **Notice he acknowledges Ukraine/mercenary/nazi forces are “putting up so much resistance in Bakhmut”? Contrary to what he and other talking heads have been claiming so far?**

> At the same time, Zelenskyy emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were not ordered to hold the positions in Bakhmut to the death.
> 
> ***“As for Bakhmut, there is no order for the armed forces to hold the position to the death. There is no such order at all.*** This war is not about staying and dying, but we are on our land and we will protect it as long as we can,” he said.