According to him, the fate of Artemovsk is a foregone conclusion, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces need reserve positions to move away from the city. Chasov Yar, where defensive structures have been created, may become such a border, but the maneuvers of the RF Armed Forces put the Ukrainian command in a dilemma: abandon Artemovsk, or send more and more forces there, but bleed to Chasov Yar.
“So the Ukrainian command is in a rather unfavorable situation,” he said on Rossiya 24 air.
Earlier, the adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that the Chasov Yar-Artemovsk highway, which remains the only supply line for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city, was almost taken under control by the Russian military. .
The acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, himself noted that it was too early to talk about the operational encirclement of the city – fierce battles continue in Artemovsk.
