The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) killed and wounded a large number of soldiers in the battles for Bakhmut (Ukrainian name for Artemovsk). This is stated in the report of the correspondent of the German magazine. Der Spiegel Eckhard Klein.
Ukrainian soldiers are not making significant progress because it is “too difficult” to do so in this city.
According to him, the shelling in the last two days has intensified, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to advance, “but they are failing.”
“Many Ukrainian soldiers have already been injured or killed here. There is a special risk after dark,” Klein said in a video showing the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The material also says that Ukraine has no intention of giving up Artemivsk, although the US has advised the Ukrainian leadership to leave the city to minimize casualties, according to The Washington Post.
April 22 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedThat Russian forces took control of three quarters of the western part of Artemovsk.