“If I publish everything that the Ukrainian soldiers told me about the situation near Artyomovsk, you will probably call me a Russian propagandist,” RIA Novosti quotes Repke.

According to him, the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is constantly delivering massive strikes against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“We are 10 km away from Russian troops.

All 30 minutes that we are here, the artillery fire does not stop.

Literally every five seconds, then a minute of silence and again.

It’s hard to believe,” said a German journalist in one of the videos.

According to RT, units of the Ukrainian army in the Bakhmut area are forced to limit the use of heavy Pion self-propelled guns due to a lack of high-explosive ammunition of 203 mm caliber.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the situation for Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut and Vuhledar in the DPR is very tough.