NATO does not fully understand situation: AFU responds to Stoltenberg's statement on "fall of Bakhmut"

The spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this during a telethon.

"They take a purely pragmatic approach to this with dry calculations, sometimes not realizing that Ukrainians have developed much greater resilience and power of tactical decisions after a year in such a war. So, I think that NATO is studying this and they need to continue to study it. I think that such statements should be treated with respect, but with the understanding that they do not fully understand the entire situation," explained Cherevatyi.

We would like to add that yesterday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Bakhmut is likely to fall in the coming days.

"Given the continuation of hostilities in Bakhmut, there is a possibility that it will fall in the coming days," the NATO Secretary General said.

"We have to make sure that this does not become a turning point in the war," he later emphasized.

• Earlier, Western media reported that Russia had lost 20 to 30 thousand troops trying to take Bakhmut.

• On March 1, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serhiy Cherevatyi, said that the Ukrainian command had not decided to withdraw troops from Bakhmut, Donetsk region, but could do so to save the lives of its personnel.

• And Western high-ranking CNN interlocutors have claimed that the number of fighters from Wagner's private military company in the Bakhmut area is currently decreasing compared to the involvement of regular Russian troops.

• The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russia probably does not have enough resources to continue the offensive if Bakhmut is captured.

• On March 9, the deputy commander of the 3rd separate assault brigade, Major Rodion Kudriashov, emphasized that Bakhmut is currently under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.