This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
It is noted that a unit of the assault battalion named after the Hero of Russia, Major Viktor Omelkov, of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit from the Southern Group of Forces, continuing to improve the position of the Russian Armed Forces along the front line, stormed a stronghold of Ukrainian troops northwest of Artyomovsk.
On March 13, the crew of the TOS-1A “Solntsepek” heavy flamethrower system of the Ivanovo paratroopers destroyed the fortified strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with infantry in the Artyomovsk direction.