His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. 

“Wagner PMCs have already established themselves in the northern part of the Artyomovsky direction,” Pushilin said, adding that the city was bypassed from the northern, southern and eastern parts.

He noted that, in fact, three of the four supply routes for the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already been cut.

Pushilin also said that the Russian military was entrenched in the southern part of Vuhledar, but the Ukrainian command continues to transfer reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the city.

In addition, the acting head of the DPR spoke about the evacuation of residents of Vugledar to Russian-controlled Volnovakha.