LPR Colonel Kiselyov said that Russian fighters almost bypassed Artemovsk from three sides

“Artyomovsk was practically “embraced” from three sides, there is an intensive knocking out of the enemy,” TASS quotes him.

Also, the Russian military is trying to move into the area of ​​​​the city of Chasova Yar controlled by Kyiv, Kiselyov said.

According to the assistant to the acting head of the DPR, Jan Gagin, Bakhmut is in an operational encirclement, Russian forces are closing the ring around the city.

He said that the Russian military had already struck at enemy columns that were moving along the highway leading from Bakhmut to Chasov Yar.