“Yes, it is a known fact that the enemy is preparing a counteroffensive,” the press service cites Prigozhin’s response to a request to comment on data on a possible counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops in the Artyomovsk region.

He noted that PMC "Wagner" is doing everything to prevent this.

Earlier, retired LPR lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko said that Ukrainian troops continue to build up a grouping in the northwest and southwest of Artyomovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic.