Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company Wagner, announced that the Russian Armed Forces (AF) controls 70% of Artemivsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut). It gives information about TASS.
“Russian forces control 70 percent of Artemovsk,” said Prigozhin.
Despite this, he warned that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) was planning a large-scale attack.
Formerly Prigozhin approved Information from the Russian Ministry of Defense that the Ukrainian army near Artemovsk is losing 10-11 thousand soldiers every month.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
Opens “socialbites.ca” history of events.