“At the moment, our groups are moving towards the forest belts (near Artyomovsk. -
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) to clean up,” he said.
In addition, he added, in the same place the fighters intend to destroy sabotage groups and find areas that have not been cleared of mines.
These activities must be carried out for a further offensive on Artyomovsk, he concluded.
Earlier, the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Luhansk People's Republic, Vitaly Kiselyov, announced the successful advance of the allied forces near Artyomovsk and Soledar in the DPR.