The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Artemivsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) deliberately deployed military equipment and equipped firing positions near residential buildings in order to provoke the maximum number of civilian casualties. DEA News evacuated townspeople.
“There were mortar emplacements around the houses, everywhere, everywhere. There were machine gun emplacements in nine-story buildings. There was mortar on the roof of the nine-story building and, of course, on all the balconies,” said refugee Alexander Piskunov.
According to residents of the city, the Armed Forces of Ukraine deliberately placed military equipment in civilian hiding places.
“In the evening, the tank right next to our house came and started firing and the return line was gone. The return line – more than 11 arrivals came to our house, ”said Maria, a resident of Artemovsk.
As Artemivsk resident Irina Tverdokhleb noted, the Ukrainian army did not take positions in empty houses.
Yuri Marchenko had previously been evacuated from Artemovsk by Russian soldiers. declarationThat snipers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine targeted civilians.