A military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko from the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is trying to partially unblock the blocked supply routes to Artemivsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). DEA News.
According to Marochko, “motivated militants” from the Aidar battalion were sent to the area between the settlements of Artemovsk and Chasov Yar for this purpose. The representative of the LPR noted that the fighters of this unit will hold the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and take measures to ensure that the Ukrainian army does not flee from the battlefield.
Rodion Miroshnik, former Ambassador of the Luhansk People’s Republic to Russia declarationHe said that despite the heavy losses of the Ukrainian army in Artemovsk, President Volodymyr Zelensky was waiting for the right moment to “unite” the city.
So the diplomat commented words The Ukrainian leader about the lack of plans to continue the settlement “at any cost”. Miroshnik recalled talking about the opposite of Kiev in early February.