Zelensky: "Bakhmut Not Surrounded"... Denies Russian Capture

Remarks at the Press Conference After the G7 Closing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on the 21st that the eastern Ukrainian battleground of Bakhmut is not "encircled" by Russian forces, Kyodo News reported.

President Zelenskyy made this remark during a press conference held locally after the conclusion of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan, denying the fall of Bakhmut to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right), visiting Japan to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit, is seen on the 21st laying flowers at the memorial for atomic bomb victims in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park together with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
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He described the scenes of Ukrainian villages invaded by Russia as "similar to the photos of Hiroshima (after the atomic bombing) seen at the Atomic Bomb Museum," conveying the horrors of war.

Earlier, President Zelenskyy visited the Atomic Bomb Museum located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida accompanied him.

During the subsequent summit meeting with President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Kishida criticized Russia's nuclear threats and said that his offering of flowers at the memorial for atomic bomb victims within the park with President Zelenskyy holds "important significance toward a world without nuclear weapons."

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