Russian troops repelled the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). This was announced by retired LPR People’s Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko. TASS.
As Marochko said, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack with forces up to a company in the Artemovsk settlement.
According to him, Ukrainian troops attacked the flanks of Russian troops in the northwest and southwest of the city.
The aviation, artillery and missile forces of the Russian Armed Forces “successfully inflicted fire damage on the concentration of enemy manpower and equipment as a result of the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”, “were forced to retreat to their original lines”. Additional.
On the eve of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedThat the Russian army repelled three attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions. According to the ministry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 170 people in one day in these areas.