WSJ: the Ukrainian command recognized the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemivsk area

One of the commanders of the Ukrainian troops in the area told the newspaper's journalists that so far the situation is in favor of the Russian troops.

“If this continues, we may end,” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the Ukrainian military.

As it became known to RT, the losses of Ukrainian troops in the battles for Soledar could be 25 thousand people.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced a turning point on the way to the liberation of the entire territory of the republic.