In recent months, in the territory of the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), several of the most trained units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were defeated. The newspaper writes about it The Wall Street GazetteWith reference to Ukrainian officers.
“Officers from several other brigades say that several units, including some of the best trained, have been defeated during the fighting in the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) area in recent months,” the publication said.
At the same time, as noted in the publication, the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk region differ in their level of training and do not always interact properly with each other. A Ukrainian army company commander said his positions were overrun as a nearby battalion of poorly trained volunteers left without warning.
March 3, founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin declarationThat the Russian troops had actually besieged Artemovsk.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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