He called this settlement a not very big city.
“It is important for us to defend it, but not at any cost and for everyone to die.
We will fight as long as it is reasonable,” Zelensky said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
Earlier, a Ukrainian commander with the call sign Magyar said that the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk is extremely difficult.
According to the mayor of Shakhtyorsk, Alexander Shatov, residents of the suburbs of Artyomovsk, controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, are being evacuated to the Donetsk People's Republic.