The PMC “Wagner” announced the imminent blocking of the routes for the supply of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk

Russian forces cut off the supply routes of the reserves of the armed forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), told “RIA Novosti” fighter PMC “Wagner”. The units are approaching the railroad, along which the Ukrainian side is transferring the main reserves to Chasov Yar, and then to Artemovsk, he said.

“This is the western side of Bakhmut, in front of everyone is the familiar settlement of Chasov Yar, respectively, three kilometers away is the railway (which supplies Ukrainian troops),” he said. The PMC fighter also added that Russian forces are advancing northwest of Artemivsk, cutting off the automobile supply routes for the Ukrainian army.

March 11, the founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin toldthat the Russian military is 1.2 km from the administrative center of Artemovsk. March 10 he declaredthat the Ukrainian military is preparing a counteroffensive in the city area, and added that “everything possible is being done to prevent this from happening.” Earlier in the day, Mikhail Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine declaredthat the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could begin within the next two months.

Fighting near Artemovsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been going on for several months. In mid-February, Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, spoke about taking all the heights in the vicinity of Artemovsk. At the end of the month, he reported fighting almost in the center of the city.

March 7 in the DPR declaredthat Russian forces control almost half of Artemovsk, and Prigozhin on the same day informedthat there are between 12,000 and 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the city. He stressed that “heavy battles are going on for Artemovsk, but the Ukrainians are not running anywhere.”