The Russian army dealt the “strongest” blow to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Bakhmut (Artemivsk). It has been reported telegraph channel “Warriors of the Russian Spring”.
According to the report, there was a strong explosion in the city and a mushroom appears in Konstantinovka, 77 km from Artemovsk.
On April 17, Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced that the Russian assault troops judge two neighborhoods in the northwest and in the central part of Artemovsk.
Before that, Newsweek magazine wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) was in the direction of Artemivsk. deployed up to 30,5 thousand military personnel.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine 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.