Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), in the broadcast of the telethon, described the situation in Artemivsk (Bakhmut) as difficult.
“The situation in Bakhmut … is complex,” the NSDC secretary said.
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian aviation applied The strike on an automobile overpass near the village of Krasnoe in the DPR thus prevented the transfer of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk. It was recorded that a total of nine sorties were carried out by Russian aircraft in this region. Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces group completed 74 fire missions.
Before that, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR declaration about the transfer of reinforcements to Artemovsk against the backdrop of a tense situation.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine 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.