“The enemy partially occupied the city: the industrial zone and the private sector along the river,” the publication quotes him as saying.
Yaroslavsky claims that the Russian Armed Forces are breaking through small sections of the front and are approaching the positions of Ukrainian troops.
He noted that "the enemy is difficult" and "there is no easy walk here."
Earlier, the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that Russian forces had entrenched themselves in the north and east of Bakhmut and were continuing to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of their positions.