President Zelensky said the Ukrainian military was facing a very difficult situation in the eastern strategic city of Bakhmut, where the fighting was fierce.

We are holding our position in Donbass, especially in the direction of Bakhmut, where the current situation is very difficult and very fierce fighting, President Volodymyr Zelensky on October 8 announced, and called on allies.

The Russian forces and the separatist faction repeatedly attacked Bakhmut, the eastern strategic city of Ukraine, located on the path to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Denis Pushilin, leader of the People's Republic of Donetsk (DPR), on October 7, announced the Russian army and militia to improve his position in the Artemovsk area, partly by the opponent pulling the entire main force and attending

Artemovsk, Krasny Liman is the way Russia calls Bakhmut and Lyman landmarks of Ukraine.

The smoke column rises from the southern region of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, October 7.

People in Bakhmut said that fighting on the streets took place in the area across the Bakhmutka river.

Bakhmut is a city located in the northeast of Donetsk province, which is considered as a strategic center of the Ukrainian army.

Before the conflict broke out, Bakhmut was home to about 70,000 people.

Ukraine recently launched a counterattack campaign in Kharkov and Kherson provinces, re -controlling thousands of kilometers of the territory.

The Ukrainian battlefield situation after more than 7 months of fighting.

The Russian militia announced that some areas around Bakhmut, the city, were considered to be the strategic center of the Ukrainian army in the East.

Russia is increasing the use of suicide UAV to conduct ambushes in Ukraine, creating a new challenge for Kiev, but it is difficult to change the battlefield.