"Wagner": most of those killed in the south of Artyomovsk come from Western Ukraine

This was announced by one of the commanders of the Wagner group.

“We read the addresses of registration - this is the Kiev region, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv region.

In general, Western Ukraine is going alone, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

He clarified that in the battles near Artyomovsk there are also military men who have participated in the conflict in Donbass since 2014.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the Kiev regime had not yet begun to rescue its units in Artyomovsk and withdraw them from the city.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artyomovsk in the DPR create false positions and open fire from them in order to mislead the advancing units of Russian troops.