He said this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“The enemy, taking advantage of the relative calm, transferred part of his troops to the Donetsk front,” Saldo said.

Earlier, the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, announced the plight of the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to the successes of the Russian Armed Forces.

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin announced the advancement of assault brigades in Artyomovsk.