Denis Pushilin, Deputy Chairman of the DPR, Yan Gagin said on the broadcast of the TV channel “Russia 1”Note that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attack Artemivsk (Bakhmut) with artillery, but do not try to repulse and enter.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces are now quite far from the city and are trying to attack with artillery. So they are not trying to enter the city, nor are they trying to take it back. And I think they will not be successful in such an attempt,” said Gagin, adding that the Ukrainian army continues to bombard the western outskirts of the city.
According to the politician, significant Ukrainian forces are concentrated in the Chasov Yar region.
Earlier observers of the American Military Watch Magazine noted that after the loss of Artemivsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces to lose Control over Clockwork Yar. The publication says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that with the loss of Artemivsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces could lose Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The authors are also confident that Artemovsk is of great strategic importance because of the logistics centers that run through it.