Denis Pushilin, acting president of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said that the situation in the liberated Artemovsk is now difficult due to the constant shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It has been reported DEA News.
“The situation is consistently difficult but controlled, the enemy regularly tries to break through both flanks and fire directly, often chaotic but orderly,” he said.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces use artillery, mortars and drones to bombard the city.
Pushilin noted that the Ukrainian troops will “at least partially try to regain lost positions or show some success”, so quite serious forces are concentrated there.
On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the failure of the Ukrainian army. tried to break The Russian defensive line in the South-Donetsk direction, especially in the Artemovsk region.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that it was successfully found in the Artemovsk region. reflected Attempts to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kleshcheevka and Berkhovka.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, 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.