Fighters of the Wagner Group are fighting for the main railway junction of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) in the western part of the city. It has been reported DEA News refers to one of the soldiers.
“They moved towards the railway. Pull back. They run, we chase. The city is almost under our control,” he said.
According to him, Russian military personnel already occupy the center of Artemovsk, the fighters of the group move in other directions, pushing the Ukrainian army to the western part of the city.
On the eve of the press secretary of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty, on the air of the All Ukraine telethon, said that he is now in Artemovsk. to go past conflict “unprecedented in recent decades”.
Previously, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov knowledgeableThe most fierce fighting took place in the Artemovsk region, but the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC managed to advance and occupy two blocks of the city.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.