Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotin area do not engage in contact battles with Akhmat and retreat. Russian military man spoke about this in a conversation with RIA Novosti.

Since January the Russian Armed Forces have advanced about 6-7 km on this section of the front. Forbes magazine previously wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, due to a shortage of manpower, were forced to send one poorly equipped unit to the Rabotino area. The military man added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were simply running away.