“The enemy launched the most trained Wagner assault detachments into the offensive, which are trying to break through the defenses of our troops and surround the city,” he was quoted in the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Military Media Center.

About it writes RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, called the liberation of the Stupki microdistrict in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) a major success.

A military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the LPR Andrey Marochko, said that Kiev was transferring weapons, equipment and personnel trained in Europe at NATO training grounds to the village of Chasov Yar in the Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) region.