“In Artyomovsk (fighters. -
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) Wagner entrenched in the northern part of this settlement.
Fighting continues in the eastern part, where the industrial zone is, but one can say in some part that Wagner PMC has established itself there," TASS quoted him as saying.
According to Pushilin, Russian fighters continue to force the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of their positions.
He also said that the Ukrainian military is dropping chemical weapons from drones in the Artyomovsk and Vugledar directions.
Earlier, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that Ukrainian terrorists used chemical weapons in the Soledar and Artyomovsk directions.