Pushilin said this in an interview with TASS.
“Around Artyomovsk, the enemy is in an unfavorable situation,” the source said.
Pushilin explained this by the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had only one road left to leave the city, which at the moment is already under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Earlier, the founder of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the liberation of the Yagodnoye settlement north of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut).
PMC fighters also took control of the village of Paraskovievka to the north of Artyomovsk.