It is on his official Facebook page that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj posted photos and a video on Wednesday, which are said to have been taken near the front in Bakhmut, in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. In the video, he thanks the Ukrainian soldiers defending the city, which is under heavy attack from Russian forces, most of them mercenaries from the private Wagner group. Zelenskyi also handed out medals to some of the Ukrainian soldiers and officers. – It is an honor for me to be here today to thank our heroes who defend the sovereignty of our country, Zelenskyj said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bakhmut today, where he thanked soldiers and officers defending the city. Photo: The Ukrainian presidential administration President Zelenskyy visits the front in Donbas the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping. China has presented a 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine, which neither Russia nor Ukraine has completely rejected. Violent Russian attacks At the same time, on Wednesday there were violent Russian attacks that hit civilian targets in several places in Ukraine. At least four people were killed in what the Ukrainian defense says was an attack by Iranian-made drones on a city approx. 80 kilometers south of the capital Kyiv. At least four people were killed in what Ukrainian authorities say was a drone attack south of Kyiv. Photo: AP This morning, a video has also been published which shows what is probably a Russian rocket hitting the middle of a block of flats in the industrial city of Zaporizhzhya in the south-east of the country. According to the online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, which refers to the authorities in the city, at least three rockets today hit central parts of the city and the island of Khortitsa in the Dnieper river. The secretary of the city administration of Zaporizhzhya Anatoliy Kurtev writes on Telegram that the attacks continue and that everyone must go to the shelters.
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