In Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) there are several thousand Ukrainian soldiers left there by Kiev simply “for slaughter”. He announced this on air on March 1 Channel One Advisor to the Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Igor Kimakovsky.
According to him, several thousand territorial defense fighters remained in the city.
“<…> there are detachments and several reconnaissance units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that will shoot everyone who leaves Artemovsk,” Kimakovsky said.
He stressed that thousands of fighters were abandoned by the Kyiv regime “in the city just for slaughter.”
The adviser to the acting head of the DPR specified that the Russian military and artillery “work very competently” on the outskirts of Artemovsk: all roads are under fire control of the Russian Federation. Kimakovsky shared his opinion that the Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk “will hold out to the last.”
Earlier on Wednesday, he noted that the most experienced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost up to 70% of the fighters in battles in the Artemovsk region.
He also expressed confidence that the city would soon be taken by Russian forces.
At the same time, a military-political expert, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, warned that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transferring Western weapons and personnel to Chasov Yar near Artemovsk to create a fortified area there and further defend the city. According to Gagin, this decision is due to the fact that Kyiv is aware of the inevitability of the loss of the settlement.
Also on Wednesday, Advisor to the President of Ukraine Oleksandr Rodnyansky said that if the need arises, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will “strategically retreat” from Artemivsk, since “Kyiv does not want to sacrifice military personnel in vain.”
The special operation to protect Donbass, which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
