German Bild newspaper reporter Julian Repke announced that the critical defense lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Artemivsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut. – socialbites.ca) have fallen. wrote about it twitter.
According to him, “the Russians can advance street by street” in Artemovsk. He noted that “another Ukrainian defensive line” had fallen on the city and that Russian troops had “entered the northern industrial quarter”.
Also according to him ideanow Russian troops can develop an offensive inside the city, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) lost the opportunity to gain a foothold on the western bank of the Bakhmutovka River after Russian troops took control of the eastern part of Artemivsk.
Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declarationThat the defense of Artemovsk will be strengthened. This is stated in a message posted on the Ukrainian leader’s website. Zelensky also announced the decision of the headquarters of the supreme commander to continue the defense of Artemivsk.