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Ukraine has accused Russian troops of resorting to scorched-earth tactics in the hard-fought eastern city of Bakhmut. The enemy is destroying buildings and positions with air and artillery strikes, says the commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi. The defense of Bakhmut will continue, the commander said. “The situation is difficult, but manageable.” Russian forces deployed special and airborne units to provide support because Wagner mercenaries were exhausted, the commander said. Previously, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of Russian airstrikes on Sunday and condemned them. “So this is how the terrorist state celebrates Palm Sunday,” says Zelenskyj in his evening video address. Russia is isolating itself even more from the world. A man and his eleven-year-old daughter were also killed in attacks on the Orthodox holiday in Zaporizhia. According to Ukrainian sources, including this man, who introduces himself as a neighbor: “There were the woman and her husband Ivan. The children are still small, the little girl died in the ambulance. The mother was saved, but she was in one condition that they probably… The father, it is said, burned alive.” Russia has said it shelled and destroyed a fuel depot near the city. The information provided by both parties cannot be independently verified. The majority of Ukraine’s 41 million inhabitants are Orthodox Christians who will celebrate Easter next weekend. Then Easter will also be celebrated in Russia.