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> President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that if Russia manages to capture the town at the center of what's been the longest and, by most accounts, the bloodiest battle of Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine, it could doom his country's chances of preventing Moscow from redrawing the border of democratic Eastern Europe by force.

> Speaking with The Associated Press, Zelenskyy said that if Bakhmut were to fall, Putin could "Sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran," as leverage to push for a ceasefire deal that would see Ukraine agree to give up territory.

> Ukraine leader warns if Putin can claim a win, he will "Push, push, push".

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