Spokesman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty commented on NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg’s remarks about the fall of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) . According to the Ukrainian politician, the Ukrainian military has developed resilience over the year.
“They approach this purely pragmatically, with dry calculations, sometimes not realizing that the Ukrainians have acquired much more resilience, non-standard actions and the power of tactical decisions over the year,” Cherevaty stressed.
According to the spokesman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the resilience of the militants lies precisely in non-standard tactics. However, the many losses of the Ukrainian army cast doubt on the timeliness of the orders from the Kiev command. The failures of the Ukrainian armed forces near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and, presumably, the imminent surrender of the city would have rather undermined the morale of the Ukrainian militants than encouraged them to launch a counter-offensive.
Earlier, Glavny Regionalny reported that the Ukrainian command postponed the counterattack on Artemovsk (Bakhmut) until next week. It is reported that military leader Syrsky is preparing three strike groups for an attack on the positions of the RF armed forces.