Ukrainian forces cling onto besieged city, China pressed to help end war

NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine: Ukrainian and Russian forces battled in Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city which has become a symbol of Kyiv's defiance, while seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas.

"China advocates for peace talks and seeks a political solution," responded Xi, who has sought to position China as a potential mediator but is seen by the West as favouring Russia.A French diplomatic source later said China was ready to work with France to push hard for negotiations. RIA news agency said three people died in blasts at a bus stop in Lysychansk, to the northeast of Donetsk.The months-long battle for Bakhmut, one of the last urban centres in the eastern Donetsk province yet to fall to Moscow, has proven one of the bloodiest of Russia's invasion.

"Bakhmut is performing the key task of inflicting as many losses on Russia as possible and, most importantly, to prepare for a counter-attack to take place in late April-May," Pavlo Narozhniy, a Ukrainian military analyst, told NV Radio. Ukrainian military expert Vladyslav Selezniov said Ukraine would be able to defend positions in the more heavily built-up west of Bakhmut as long as their route to the west, the"road of life" for getting supplies in and wounded out, remained open.

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