“As for the Artyomovsky direction, of course, the guys, the Wagners, have success there.

They are in difficult conditions, but they continue to move forward, no matter what the enemy does, they liberate village after village, ”he said.

Pushilin also called the liberation of the Stupka area a major success.

And now the Stupka area has been liberated.

Taking into account the fact that there is a fight for every house, this is a really serious success at this stage," Pushilin said on the air of Soloviev Live.

On February 27, Pushilin reported that almost all roads to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) were under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces.