Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner PMC, said in the DPR that a Russian flag was hoisted on the Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut) administration with the inscription “GOOD MEMORY to Vladlen Tatarsky”. This is mentioned in the Telegram channel. “Prigozhin’s press service”.
The founder of Wagner PMC added that now “the enemy is concentrated in the western regions.”
On October 10, the Russian military began launching rocket attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure. As Russian President Vladimir Putin reported, this was a response to the terrorist acts of the Kiev regime. He specifically talked about the attack on the Crimean bridge.
On February 24, 2022, Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.