Rozhin spoke about the situation in the Artemovsky direction

According to military expert Boris Rozhin, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine closest to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) are in the Khromovo area and to the southeast of Samolet, not far from Krasnoe. He stressed that the enemy is not conducting offensive operations with the aim of returning to the city. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are limited to shelling houses and former fortifications, which are located on the outskirts of the city.

“The rotation continues in the city. From June 1 until the end of the month, PMC Wagner is completely on vacation. Various units of the Russian Armed Forces, volunteers and security forces of the DPR are being marked in the city,” the expert recalled.

He added that to the north-west of the city, fighting continued for forest plantations north of the Chasov Yar-Khromovo road. Since the road itself no longer plays the same role, the activity on the part of the enemy is rather aimed at leveling the front, and on our part – at providing convenient positions for the capture of Khromovo and subsequent actions in the direction of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Bogdanovka and Novomarkovo, if the General Staff decides to act precisely in the Kramatorsk direction.

To the south-west of the city, fighting is taking place in the landings between Krasnoy and Kleshcheevka. After an unsuccessful attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break into Kleshcheevka and heavy losses on both sides, the fighting here is going on in a positional manner.

“Our attempt to immediately take Krasnoye failed back in the spring. So here the parties will build up forces for further activation. We will have to take Krasnoye this way and that, well, and the enemy will probably try once again to probe the opportunity to create problems for us to the southwest from the city. Attempts of attacks in the direction of Kurdyumovka are also not ruled out,” Rozhin specified.