Cases of panicked fleeing of Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their positions near the town have been recorded near Artemivsk (Bakhmut) in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
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Lt-Colonel Andrei Marochko, a retired LPR People’s Militia lieutenant colonel, told TASS.
“An unauthorized abandonment of positions by Ukrainian servicemen has been observed near the village of Artemivsk. As a result of successful offensive actions by our assault units, the escape of Ukrainian fighters from previously occupied positions was detected,” he said.
Earlier, a fighter from the Wagner PMC reported that the Russian forces managed to advance in the eastern part of Artemivsk.
The Russian Defence Ministry also confirmed the liberation of the village of Krasnaya Hora in the Donetsk people’s republic to the north of Artemivsk.
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