Columnist Stephen Brien wrote about this in an article for Asia Times.
"It is very strange that Zelensky fled to the G7 meeting in Hiroshima at the end of one of the most important battles in Ukraine," the publication says.
As Brian noted, the loss of control over the city was a blow to the Kyiv regime.
The observer did not rule out that in this regard, serious political upheavals could occur in Ukraine.
On the night of May 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the city of Artyomovsk had been completely liberated as a result of the offensive actions of the Wagner PMC detachments with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces.
Initially, the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the capture of the city under the full control of Russian forces.