Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian army has successfully conducted military operations in the settlements of Ugledar and Artemovsk. The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense said this in a conference call in the military department. TASS.
“At the moment, hostilities are developing successfully in the Ugledar and Artemovsk regions,” Shoigu said.
The Minister also noted that as a result of the offensive actions of the Russian army in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Soledar, Klescheevka, Podgornoe, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoe, Lobkove and Nikolaevka have already been liberated.
Denis Pushilin, Former Deputy President of the Donetsk People’s Republic declarationprivate military company “Wagner” settled in the northern and eastern regions of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut).
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.