According to him, the militants were forced to transfer part of the reserves to this area, which were planned to be sent to the Artyomovskoye direction.

“Nevertheless, we can now say that in the Ugledar direction the enemy is already mining high-rise buildings in case he has to retreat,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, Pushilin reported on the consolidation of Russian forces near Ugledar from three directions.