A soldier of the Ukrainian army, located in Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), announced the fall of the defense of the settlement. It has been reported telegraph channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”.
“What I want to say. Bahmut fell. If anything, do not remember daringly, ”he said in the video to the sound of explosions from artillery shelling.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced that the Russian assault troops were on the move. lead the way Clashes in the western part of Artemovsk.
The previous day, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said that Russian troops progressing in the battles of Artemovsk. He noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to fight on the outskirts of the city.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass 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.