The Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky visited Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“The situation is quite complex, but manageable,” said Syrsky, commenting on the clashes in the city.
According to the UNIAN agency, he discussed with the commanders measures to be taken for better defense of the city, and also noted that the actions of the Russian forces “show that the enemy will not change their plans and are doing everything possible to take Bakhmut.” control and continue offensive operations”.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that the assault detachments of the Russian troops continued to fight in the western part of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut) the other day.
According to a representative of the defense ministry, the airborne troops (VDV) are interfering with the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the flanks.
In addition, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka settlements of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) were hit by operational-tactical and army aviation attacks, artillery fire.
Konashenkov also AdditionalThat Russian aviation carried out seven sorties in this area the other day, and the artillery of the group carried out 72 fire missions.