March 1, 2023, 12:01 p.m. – Public Information Service – TEH – Russia’s hacker group, Killnet, said it received plans from the Ukrainian command for the withdrawal of troops from Bakhmut (Artemivsk).
“Ukrainian Armed Forces have been ordered to withdraw from Bakhmut. They will go out like in Mariupol: in small groups, at night,” the hackers wrote on their Telegram channel.
According to them, the fighters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will withdraw from the city even if the roads are pulled by the Russian side.
In this case, the Ukrainian army will have to leave Bakhmut on dirt roads.
Earlier, political scientist Sergei Markov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to defend themselves in Bakhmut for several more months.
He added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could order Ukrainian troops to stay in Bakhmut even if surrounded by Russian forces. Read more in the article from the public press service.
