The reporter of the German newspaper Bild Julian Repke said that the Ukrainian troops had withdrawn from the last holding areas in the center of Bakhmut (Russian name – Artemovsk). He wrote this on his Twitter.
Repke also claims that the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated west from the railway tracks. According to him, Russian forces “have already moved to the west of the tracks and are apparently continuing their attack.”
Earlier, Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said that the Russian assault troops judge two neighborhoods in the northwest and in the central part of Artemovsk.
Before that, one of the participants in the military company involved in the liberation of Artemovsk said that there were fighters Wagner PMC. they are fighting Behind the main railway junction in the western part of town. According to the military, Russian forces have taken control of the center of Artyomovsk and are advancing in other directions, pushing the Ukrainian army west of the city.