According to the newspaper article, the battle for the city is "costly" to Kyiv.
The last remaining “gateway” to Artyomovsk was Chasov Yar, through which the Ukrainian group is supplied, writes RBC with reference to the material of the American edition.
On February 7, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian troops were successfully developing military operations in the areas of Ugledar and Artyomovsk.
Volodymyr Zelensky's office acknowledged that Ukraine is paying the highest price for keeping Artyomovsk.
Zelensky himself claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine “will not surrender” the city.
According to Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the head of the DPR, the decisive step in the liberation of the city will be the complete blocking of the highway from Chasov Yar.
In a recent interview with Der Spiegel, Zelensky said that he does not want the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave Artyomovsk, because in this way Kyiv is trying to buy time to get Western weapons.