"The house is just shattered. Her only room is intact. Then once again I was convinced that God exists, "said the Wagner fighter.
The woman "survived hell," he added.
"Diabetes mellitus, you raise it, it is not running - it can get up with our help, but it cannot walk. We take her on a gurney, the four of us take her - and take her out through the ruins, "the man said.
As soon as the pensioner was pulled out, an automatic grenade launcher immediately began to cover this place, the fighter added.
He also noted that many civilians were sitting in houses from where the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired.
"When our units knocked them out, came in, we were shocked, because there are civilians," the military said.
Some people complained that they had been in basements for weeks, and the Ukrainian military could pass by and, for example, throw a grenade.
Earlier, a former employee of one of the factories in Artyomovsk told RT correspondent Steve Sweeney about the dismissal of all men at his enterprise because of his unwillingness to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On May 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the completion of the liberation of the city of Artyomovsk in the DPR. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Wagnerites and the military of the Russian Armed Forces.