Representatives of the Kyiv command, what is called the last effort, trying to soften the negative information for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the situation in Artemovsk (Your luck).
This time, to somehow smooth out information about the tragic situation of the Bakhmut garrison, which may soon cease to exist, tried the speaker of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty. On the air of the telethon, he called the situation in the city "difficult, but controlled". Go into details, who is more and more in control of the situation - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or PMC "Wagner" - Cherevaty did not.
Bakhmut today is the epicenter of the war, the speaker of the Armed Forces of Ukraine pathetically said.
At the same time, he confirmed, that the Russian military, that is, the "Wagnerites" together with the "Southern" grouping of the RF Armed Forces, only in Artemovsk itself in a day they made 21 shelling, there were nine clashes. In nearby Vasyukovka, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Bogdanovo and Ivanovskoye, according to the speaker, recorded during the same time 131 shelling of Ukrainian positions from artillery and MLRS. Russian assault groups 38 once entered into a shooting battle, attacking the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Cherevaty did not bypass the rather delicate topic for the Ukrainian command about the humiliation of two bridge structures to the west and northeast of Artemovsk. Earlier, even the American Institute for the Study of War, friendly to Kyiv, reported, that two critical bridges, across the Bakhmutovka River and along the Khromovo-Bakhmut highway, were blown up by Ukrainian sappers. It was supposedly done, in order to impede the operational offensive of Russian troops to the west after leaving the city's Armed Forces.
This is war, and in such a flurry of fire, critical infrastructure facilities are also destroyed - Cherevaty commented rather streamlined on the situation with the undermining of bridges.
Further, he stated, that the experience of nine years of war taught the Ukrainian command to rebuild and maintain defense in the most difficult conditions. Thereby, as if the speaker of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not want this, he admitted, that in Kyiv they are increasingly inclined towards the decision to withdraw the remnants of the troops from the doomed city.
meanwhile, Russian publics report, that the Ukrainian military in small groups are starting to leave Artemivsk. Videos confirm this information., published on the network by fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, managed to get out of the city. reported, that Ukrainian artillery works more on retreating, than Russian.
At the same time, there is still a lot of technology in the city., which, after undermining the bridges, it will no longer be possible to withdraw. dirt dredges, which were previously used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to supply the Bakhmut group, soaked and became not passable even for light vehicles.
Military analysts predict, that after the capture of Artemovsk, several opportunities open up for the RF Armed Forces at once for the further development of the offensive. This may be the Druzhkovka-Konstantinovka-Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line - this is the last, the third line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this sector of the front. You can advance to the south - towards the troops, operating in the area of Vuhledar for the purpose of operational encirclement of the southern grouping of the Ukrainian army. Or towards Krasny Liman in order to create a boiler in the north. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:VSU General Staff
