“The artillery is moving forward, this is due to the fact that we are knocking out the second and third echelons of the enemy and, accordingly, moving further to reach the next enemy artillery,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

The fighter added that the mortars work closely and coordinate actions with the infantry, since this makes it easier to adjust and fire at the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

He noted that the Russian military is moving artillery closer to the line of combat contact, thereby increasing the firing range in the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Earlier it was reported that airborne forces stormed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold north-west of Artyomovsk.