“Today, the entire initiative is in the hands of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Wagner PMC, Akhmat special forces, that is, all units that are fighting along the entire line of contact,” the military said.

Russian troops, in addition to Artyomovsk, are also advancing in Soledar, where they have to fight for every section of the front line, he said.

“From each “fortification” you have to knock out the enemy, take it by storm, destroying a certain amount of the enemy.

I can also name the direction Kremennaya - Svatovo - Chervonopopovka.

There is also very good progress there, ”RIA Novosti quotes Alaudinov.

The Russian Ministry of Defense on December 4 reported that Russian troops were conducting successful offensive operations in the Artyomovsk region.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the most painful sectors of the front for the Armed Forces of Ukraine are Artyomovsk and Soledar.