The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in its daily evening summary posted on social networks, announced the “partial success” of Russian troops in the Artemivsk direction. It has been reported DEA News.
“In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues offensive operations against the city of Bakhmut (Russian name Artemovsk), achieved partial success,” the message says.
It was not clear what was meant by the words “partial success”.
Artyomovsk has become a key point of contention in the course of the conflict, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said in a recent interview with the Associated Press that the defeat in Artyomovsk would force Kiev’s partners to put pressure on Ukraine. negative” peace outcome.
Evgeny Prigozhin, former head of Wagner PMC declarationThat the battle of Bakhmut (Ukrainian name Artemovsk) virtually destroyed the Ukrainian army.
According to him, the “general war” for this city could be this conflict and the “greatest” turnaround in modern history.