Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) organized the transfer of reinforcements in the region of the cities of Artemivsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) and Soledar. He announced this in a video message he posted on his Telegram channel.
As the president of Ukraine said, on January 8, the commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, went around the defending troops on the outskirts of these cities.
»[Он] He organized the necessary steps to strengthen our defense, especially the transfer of additional units and reinforcement. [артиллерийского] Fire,” said Zelensky.
Former VGTRK war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny declarationThat the fighters of the PMC “Wagner” took control of the village of Podgorodnoye in the Bakhmutsky district of the Donetsk region.
Before that, Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner PMC compared to Battles for Artemovsk with the Battle of Borodino and the Battle of Kulikovo.