Ukrainian armed forces “are not going to surrender” Artyomovsk, despite the fact that the city itself is already almost completely under the control of Russian forces, said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of the Ukraine.
“We are not going to abandon Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and will maintain it for as long as the military deems necessary for the tactical and strategic goals of the military and military-political leadership of our country,” he said on the airwaves of the channel. of Rada television.
The day before, one of the fighters from the private military company Wagner said that Artyomovsk was almost completely controlled by Russian forces, they had to cover 742 meters before the city was completely taken.
Additionally, the Russian Defense Ministry previously reported that Russian troops had destroyed a bridge in the Chasov Yar region of the Donetsk People’s Republic, disrupting Ukrainian Armed Forces’ plans to bring munitions to Artyomovsk.
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