This was reported in the press service of the founder of PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin
“We can safely say that the settlement of Kleshcheevka, which is one of the important suburbs of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk. -
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, has been completely taken under control by units of the Wagner PMC,” the report says.
Earlier, the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, announced the advancement of assault brigades in Artyomovsk.
A resident of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) told in an interview with RT DE how refugees were evacuated from the city under shelling by Ukrainian troops.