Denis Pushilin, Deputy Chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Yan Gagin said that Kiev suffered terrible losses in the battles for Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). He expressed this in the broadcast of the TV channel. “Russia 1”.
“During the entire battle of Artemovsk, the enemy lost just a monstrous amount of manpower,” he said.
According to him, the number of casualties cannot be correct, since most of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) are on the ground, “no one takes the dead.”
Previously at the Russian Ministry of Defense reportedthat the assault detachments of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” conducted high-intensity combat operations in the western regions of Artemovsk.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reportedIt is reported that the Air Force units in Artemovsk stopped the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to send ammunition to the city. The ministry said they also provided military support to the assault troops.