“PMC “Wagner” and units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which are engaged in blocking Artemovsk, are very successfully conducting hostilities, they have advanced in the city itself, “hugging” it on the right side and already occupying several streets,” Alaudinov said on the air of Solovyov Live .
His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
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 Artyomovsk and continued to squeeze the Armed Forces of Ukraine from their positions.