Now the Avdiivka and Artemovskoe directions remain the most important in the offensive of Russian and allied forces in the Donbass. Last night the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (VSU) was forced to recognize the effectiveness of the Russian advance.
As the head of the main operational department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov said, Russian troops ousted Ukrainian units from Semigorye, advancing in the area of Uglegorskaya TPP and Dolomite. Ukrainian soldiers had to gain a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Kodema.
morning 10 August, the Ambassador of the Lugansk People's Republic in Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, in his Telegram channel said, that Russian, Luhansk and Donetsk troops, as well as PMC Wagner entered Artemovsk. It happened yesterday: in a number of Telegram channels, even before the official message of the ambassador of the LPR, information appeared about the breakthrough of PMC Wagner to Artemovsk.
Strong fighting is currently underway in Artemovsk itself.. 54-I am mechanized, 56-I and the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, unable to withstand the onslaught of the allied forces, were forced to retreat from their positions in Artemovsk.
In the Avdiivka area, Ukrainian troops also leave their positions.. According to the head of the main operational department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Gromov, in the direction of Spartak-Avdeevka, Russian and allied troops are also on the offensive. The Armed Forces of Ukraine had to leave their positions near the Butovka mine, which they previously held, and go on the defensive south of Avdiivka.
Occupation of Artemovsk and Avdeevka by Russian troops, which will happen soon, and there is no doubt about it, will be a turning point in the further liberation of the territory of Donbass. It was from Avdiivka that Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and other settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic for many years..
Now the Ukrainian leadership is already trying to justify the upcoming loss of Artemivsk and Avdiivka with statements, that this is supposedly a maneuver of Russian troops, to divert attention from the southern direction in the Kherson region.
