Fighters of the Wagner group, under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), evacuate the inhabitants of the southern and eastern parts of Artemivsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), where battles are taking place in the Donbass. The reporter reports that DEA News.
One of the fighters who participated in the evacuation of civilians noted that Ukrainian soldiers saw people being evacuated, but at the same time continued to “deliberately beat”.
“VOGs (fragmentation grenade launcher – Gazeta.RU) are dropped and fly from large ones (large-caliber weapons – Gazeta.RU). The interlocutor of the organization wants to exterminate people so that they tell as little truth as possible about what is happening here, they want to remove the “peaceful” as much as possible and be calmer, ”said the interlocutor.
Journalists are saying DEA Newswitnessed the evacuation of 8 civilians working in the housing sector in the south of the settlement. According to journalists, these people could not be evacuated for hours due to the intense shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
One of the Wagner soldiers said people were being taken on foot because it was “dangerous to push the transport”. Residents of Artyomovsk say that in the past few days, Ukrainian troops have increased their shelling of the private sector south of the village.
“The last few days were really tough. They flew into our house 4-5 times, the roof collapsed,” he said.
It is reported that the Wagner fighters managed to withdraw seven of the eight. A 79-year-old man died of a heart attack in one of the houses on the road, could not be saved.
Earlier it was reported that the fighters of the Wagner group were completely killed. took control Workshops of the Artemovsky Metalworking Plant (AZOM).