According to the source, several units, including some of the most trained, were defeated in the fighting in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) region.
According to the author of the article, the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine participating in the battles in the urban area are not always able to properly interact with each other and differ in their level of training.
According to one of the Ukrainian company commanders, his positions were captured after a nearby battalion, recruited from untrained volunteers, abandoned their area without warning.
On Friday March 3, the adviser to the DPR’s acting leader, Yan Gagin, said that Artemovsk (Bakhmut) was practically surrounded by Russian troops. According to him, the Russian forces are already in the center of the city. On the same day, the commander of the Ukrainian troops with the call sign “Magyar” said that his unit was ordered to leave Artemivsk immediately. It was also learned that several Ukrainian units had asked the command for permission to leave Artemivsk.
