The founder of the private military company “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed the information of the Russian Ministry of Defense that the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Artemivsk are losing 10-11 thousand soldiers every month. DEA News.
At the same time, the businessman did not comment on the losses of the Russian side.
According to Prigozhin, the information that a large number of weapons were found in the Artemovsk and Soledar mines is incorrect. He noted that weapons from the time of the Russian Empire were indeed there, but their use in modern hostilities was almost impossible.
Yan Gagin, former adviser to the head of the DPR declarationRussian troops control 70% of Artemovsk.
The city of Artemovsk is located in the DPR north of Gorlovka. It is an important transport hub for the supply of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass. About ten kilometers from Artemovsk is the city of Soledar, which came under the control of Russian forces.