Serhiy Cherevaty, press secretary of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), said in the broadcast of the telethon that NATO does not fully understand the essence of what is happening in Artemivsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut).
This is how Cherevaty interpreted the words of the General Secretary of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, acknowledging that the city may come under the control of Russian forces in the coming days.
“For them (at NATO. – Gazeta.ru) it is difficult to fully understand the logic of the war here … Such statements should be treated with respect, but still with the understanding that they do not understand the whole situation, a vivid example of this is the hours until the fall of Kiev It is the beginning of the war they consider.”
The previous day, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he did not rule out the fall of Artemovsk and its coming under Russian control in the coming days. Stoltenberg noted that this “did not necessarily become a turning point in the war, but justified the urgent need for aid to Ukraine.” He added that NATO countries should not underestimate Russia and that the alliance should continue to support Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” declarationThat Russian forces took control of the entire eastern part of Artemovsk.
March 9, Denis Pushilin, Deputy Chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) declarationthat at the moment there are no Ukrainian forces that can really seize the initiative in hostilities on the territory of the DPR.