Igor Kimakovsky, Deputy Governor of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said that Russian troops placed the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) under an operational siege. He reported that broadcast Channel One.
“City [Артемовск] Now in the operational environment, serious punches are forming from both sides surrounding the city,” he said.
According to the adviser Denis Pushilin, the artillery of the Russian Federation is working “already almost in the vicinity” of the city.
Previously on DPR declaration About the transfer of the western part of Soledar to the control of the Russian Federation. According to Andrey Baevsky, deputy of the parliament of the republic, the establishment of control over the city actually means direct visibility of the highway from Slavyansk to Artemovsk.
January 12 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declarationThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut will receive “quick and continuous” ammunition.