“We are suffering serious losses,” RIA Novosti quotes his statement on the air of one of the YouTube channels. According to Arestovich, the directions of the “main attack” of the RF Armed Forces are the eastern regions of Artemovsk, just south of Soledar, and Soledar itself.
It was previously reported that the Ukrainian army of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was surrounded while trying to attack Russian positions near Artemivsk. The Ukrainian army managed to get out of the encirclement, but suffered heavy losses, several armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down, an army vehicle carrying ammunition caught fire.