Private military company (PMC) “Wagner” transferred the reserves and began to attack the center of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). This was reported on the Telegram channel “Operation Z: military commissars of the Russian Spring”. (Caravan)
It is noted that at the moment, clashes are continuing in the Central Market area and in Bazarnaya and Independence streets. There are also clashes on Mariupolskaya and Sadovaya streets.
At the same time, it is emphasized that the PMC leadership sent seven assault brigades to the city center. At the same time, the Ukrainian army is trying to launch a counterattack at the intersection of Mariupolskaya Street and 1st Biryukovskiy Lane.
On the eve of Colonel Douglas McGregor, former adviser to the Pentagon president declarationThat the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky drove more troops to Artemivsk by decision than to turn the city into a trap for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.