Yuriy Marchenko, a local resident who was evacuated from Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), said that the bodies of dozens of Ukrainian soldiers lay around the city. reported that DEA News.
According to him, the fighters of the private military company “Wagner” took civilians to the evacuation point. Then they walked 17 kilometers to another point.
“It was already getting dark, the moon came out. And there in the forest, there we have two forests, and we went around these forests – dozens lying around, dozens! And I ask the guys (Wagners. – “socialbites.ca”): “Who is this – ours or them?” “Yes,” he says, “these (Ukrainian soldiers. – socialbites.ca).” Dozens of people are lying in the forest,” said Marchenko.
On the eve of Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of PMC “Wagner” Wrote Video message to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. He stated that the “Wagenerists” had effectively surrounded Artemivsk, and in this context, he asked the Ukrainian leader to let the “old men and children” who are now fighting on the Ukrainian side, instead of the well-trained, professional army. to leave the settlement.
On February 24, 2022, Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.