Russian forces in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) squeezed Ukrainian units outside the city, pressing them into pincers. It has been reported DEA Newsreferring to a fighter of the private military company (PMC) Wagner.
“We crush them with ticks, we get in from all sides. They come out of the tube like putty,” he said.
According to him, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) still have a small opportunity to retreat, but this will not take long.
He added that the possibility of getting Artemovsk into the ring is very high.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, formerly the founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” declarationThat the long war for Artemovsk gave Russia an advantage. According to him, Russian forces are “crushing” the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU) there and restricting their maneuvers.
April 13 Prigogine declarationIt is too early to talk about the complete encirclement of Bakhmut, as the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to withdraw to the city.