Ukraine withdraws its main troops from Artemovsk (Bakhmut). This is reported by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, citing its own sources. According to the publication, the main equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine leaves Bakhmut along the only remaining “road of life”.
According to Spanish journalists, around 7,000 Ukrainian soldiers are currently in Artemivsk. Their main task is to contain the advancing units of the Russian PMC “Wagner”.
According to El Mundo, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, again visited Artemivsk. He noted that the Ukrainian army not only provides defense, but also conducts counter-offensive operations in the city.
Our fighters perform not only defensive actions in Bakhmut, but also active counterattacks. This gives us the opportunity to hold back the enemy’s advance for several months and not increase the front in this direction, destroying its best units and gaining time.
said Sirsky.
Recall that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has long insisted on the withdrawal of troops from Artemivsk. However, the Ukrainian president said a few days ago that the surrender of the city would allow Russian troops to develop an offensive against Slaviansk and Kramatorsk.
Subdivisions of the Russian Federation currently control 90% of the city. At the same time, as noted by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner, the fighters of his structure will no longer take prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The reason for this was the execution of a wounded soldier of the PMC “Wagner” by the Ukrainian army.
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