Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy says future depends on Bakhmut

Ukraine’s future depends on a victory in Bakhmut and elsewhere along the front line, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Monday.

Bakhmut has become the main focus of Russia’s assault, where it has captured the eastern part of the city.

“It is very tough in the east — very painful. We have to destroy the enemy’s military power. And we will destroy it,” Zelenskyy said.

Russia says taking Bakhmut would allow it to capture the rest of the Donetsk region — a key…