Armed Forces can be left to the Bakhmut "if necessary"
The Armed Forces of Ukraine can "strategically retreat" from Bakhmut, which Russian troops are trying to surround in order to preserve the lives of a soldier, in an interview with CNN, the adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues, Alexander Rodnyansky. “ Russia is trying to surround him (Bakhmut) right now, and they use their best Wagner troops, apparently most well-trained and most experienced to do this. <...> Our military, obviously, will weigh all the options.