Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrsky said the Ukrainian Armed Forces would soon launch a counteroffensive against Artyomovsk.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian units plan to take advantage of the alleged fatigue of the private military company Wagner.
“Very soon we will take advantage of this opportunity, as we did in the past near Kiev, Kharkiv, Balakliya and Kupyansk,” he said on the Politika strany Telegram channel.
The day before, the adviser to the acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Yan Gagin, said that the Russian military had practically blocked Artemovsk (Bakhmut) .
In addition, it became known that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the forward positions of the Ukrainian army in the direction of Artyomovsk.
Chief of Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky announced Ukraine’s impending offensive on Artemovsk (Bakhmut)