War correspondent Andriy Kots said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 200 soldiers a day in the battles for Artemivsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). He said this in an interview with ura.ru.
He evaluates the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk, taking into account the approximate scale of artillery concentrated in the city, as Kots noted.
“The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reach 100-150 people per day. Maybe 200,” said the military commander.
According to him, due to the high intensity of hostilities, neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian side can accurately calculate the losses in Artemovsk.
Yevhen Kozhirnov, formerly a member of the Ukrainian battalion “Adam” knowledgeableThat Russian troops were able to advance on Artemovsk.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declarationThat the situation in Donbass is now “very difficult”.
The city of Artyomovsk is located in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) north of Gorlovka. It is an important transport hub for supplying Ukrainian troops in Donbass.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.