The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that last week soldiers of the Tula Guard Unit of the Russian Air Force captured nine fortresses north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and an extensive network of trenches and trenches of the Ukrainian army. This was reported by RIA News.
The ministry emphasized that the defense line of the Ukrainian side in this area is a network of trenches and trenches with nine strongpoints blocked by protective structures.
The publication states that the Russian Armed Forces managed to destroy the incoming reserve units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Before that, advisor to the president of the Donetsk People’s Republic Yan Gagin statedThe Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) transferred its personnel from near Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut) to Donetsk.
Before that, Gagin reported that Russian troops destroyed some important combat positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in various regions near Donetsk.
He emphasized that these are strong and key positions in various sectors of the line of combat contact near Donetsk. Some of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw.
Previously Zelensky saidIt prevents Ukraine from transferring hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.