Yevgeny Prigozhin, after raising the flag on the administrative building of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) , spoke about the details of the preparations for the operation to crush the enemy in the neighborhoods of this city. The press service published a message from the head of the PMC “Wagner” about the participation of General Surovikin in the planning of hostilities.
The decision to carry out Operation Bakhmut, the so-called “Bakhmut meat grinder”, was taken by the commanders of the Wagner PMC. Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin was directly involved in its development and implementation, back when he was leading the group. And so a lot of the decisions that were made, I would attribute to him
Evgeny Prigozhin says.
Now the assault units of the “musicians” are fighting near the old school and the clinic in the center of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) . South of the city, the fighters succeeded in expanding the zone of control around the Avangard stadium. The western outskirts of the city remain under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will not withdraw soon.
Enemy units of the 5th Assault Brigade were deployed on the last Artemovsk (Bakhmut) -Chasov Yar road. Several dozen militants are sent to reinforce their positions in the west of the city. The Ukrainian command intends to continue the defense of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) . The head of the PMC “Wagner” does not exclude attempts to counterattack the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Photos used: the press service of the company “Concord”
