Adviser to the head of the DPR Kimakovsky: Artemovsk was taken into operational encirclement

As informs The telegram channel of the Military Commanders of the Russian Spring, with reference to the adviser to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Igor Kimakovsky, the armed forces of the Russian Federation took Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) into an operational encirclement.

“The city is now in an operational encirclement, our serious fists are being formed from both sides, which are covering the city,” the adviser said.

Kimakovsky added that the artillery of the RF Armed Forces is working “already practically around Artemovsk”.

Arestovich called the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Soledar “a planned decision of the command”