The city of Bakhmut is still under siege by the Russians and their Wagner Mercenaries. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that if the Russians take control of Bakhmut, that will open a road to many eastern cities. The Russians are also using Soviet and Russian armored vehicles more frequently. The only new vehicles are the Lancet Drones. Serhii Cherevathi, the spokesperson for the Eastern Grouping of Ukranian Armed Forces said on Tuesday, ”Over the last day, the enemy has fired one hundred seventy-eight times from cannons and rocket artillery in the Bakhmut Sector. Twenty-six enemy engagements and one air strike happened,” he added. The city of Bakhmut itself took in fifty-nine attacks and thirteen combat engagements. Heavy Russian artillery has also continued firing in the Lyman-Kupyansky direction with "several hundred attacks. Usually more than three hundred attacks, sometimes more than four hundred.” Armies will continue to battle for this critical city in the Donetsk Region.