About this, according to RIA Novosti, Pushilin said on the air of Channel One.

“Practically all roads (to Artyomovsk. -

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) are at least under fire control,” he stated.

Pushilin added that the Ukrainian army continues to transfer reserves to this sector of the front.

Earlier it became known that the Stupki microdistrict in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) came under the control of Wagner PMC fighters.