“As a result of heavy fighting, the enemy was unable to withstand the assault detachments and fled, having suffered significant losses,” the report said.
Earlier it became known that Russian fighters managed to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berkhovka and occupy the northern part of the village. This made it possible to go behind enemy lines and cut off their retreat from Berkhovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka to Artemovsk.
In addition, on the eve of the Russian troops liberated a number of settlements in the suburbs, including Kleshcheevka, Podgorodnoye, Paraskovievka. According to the military, they have 1,740 meters left to walk from the forward positions to the center of Artemovsk.