What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us KYIV — Ukrainian army commanders agreed on Monday to strengthen positions in Bakhmut, defending the eastern town that has become the epicenter of Russia’s grinding front-line attacks against Ukraine. During a regular staff meeting for the supreme commander in chief, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the situation in Bakhmut with Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, Ukraine’s armed forces commander-in-chief, and commander of the Khortytsia operational and strategic group of troops, Oleksandr Syrsky. ”Ukrainian Army Command East Spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi has confirmed the situation is critical in Bakhmut, but added that it is still possible to deliver supplies and evacuate the wounded