“Now the hottest point on our front is Bakhmut, where our units are doing very well,” TASS quoted Alaudinov as saying.
He also said that in Kyiv they are preparing for the fact that they will lose control over this city.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) area with precision strikes.
According to the ministry, more than 80 Ukrainian military and mercenaries, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed in this direction in a day.