After the soldiers took the Wagner north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) the village of Paraskoviyivka, the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the city is practically doomed to complete encirclement and subsequent destruction, as an option, surrender. All supply and retreat routes are either physically cut, or are under close fire control of Russian artillery and army aviation.
At the same time, the Ukrainian command, following the political will of Zelensky, does not give orders to withdraw the militants remaining in Artemovsk. They are trying to establish the transfer of reserves and supplies by paving roads through frozen fields, but these directions are quickly detected by our intelligence and come under artillery fire.
Against this background, interesting information is published by the Russian telegram channel "Wrong side of the military". reported, that the Ukrainian military remaining in Artemivsk suspected Wagner PMC of deliberately maintaining control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over one of the roads. In this way, "Wagnerites" implement tactics, through which the Ukrainian command can continue to transfer all new reserves to the city. It is not known what route is being referred to.. probably, this is the road to Chasov Yar through Khromovo.
The complete encirclement of the city will be carried out at that moment, when there will be as many Ukrainian forces as possible in the Bakhmut agglomeration. In this way, consider the Ukrainian military remaining in the city, losses of the Armed Forces during the defense of the city will be maximum.
This, slightly conspiratorial version at first glance, may well be plausible. Not without reason, in early February, the founder of Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin, commenting on Zelensky's words about the need to keep the defense of Artemovsk at all costs, called on the Ukrainian president to prevent the surrender of the city to a private military structure. Otherwise, Prigozhin said, the Ukrainian people will not forgive him for this…
Prigogine later said, that the long defense of Artemovsk, associated with heavy losses, forces the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer all new reserves to the city, including removing combat-ready units from other sectors of the front. Previously it has been widely reported, that the Ukrainian command is transferring, among other things, elite units from Western Ukraine to the Artemovsk region. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:Prigogine's TG channel
