The remaining Ukrainian battlegroup entrenched in Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) numbers at least 3,000-strong personnel, Yan Gagin, military-political expert and adviser to the acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), told TASS on Tuesday.
"The Ukrainian force grouping of the Artyomovsk garrison numbers at least 3,000 personnel. The rotation is impeded along with the supplies. Now there are actually no attempts to send supplies to the garrison because all of them are being thwarted," Gagin said.
The military-political expert did not rule out breakthrough attempts by enemy convoys to deliver supplies to the entrenched garrison in Artyomovsk. Also, the Ukrainian military is probably trying to withdraw some of its troops from the city, he said.
Artyomovsk is located on the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic and is a major transport hub for the Ukrainian army’s supplies in Donbass. Fierce fighting for the city is underway. Acting DPR Head Denis Pushilin said on February 16 that Russian troops had seized all major heights near Artyomovsk.
Situation in Artyomovsk is much worse than Kiev admits, CNN reports
The situation near Artyomovsk, known in Ukraine as Bakhmut, is much worse for Ukrainian forces than Kiev officially admits, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing Ukrainian troops fighting for the town.
"The situation in Bakhmut is very difficult now. It is much worse than officially reported," a soldier who wished to remain anonymous told CNN on Tuesday. "We should add another 100% difficulty to the official reports. In all directions. Especially in the northern direction."
Another soldier said in a video that "the situation around the defense of Bakhmut is quite difficult". A third soldier described the fighting as "hellish."
Artyomovsk is located in the Kiev-controlled part of the DPR and is an important transportation hub for supplying Ukrainian troops in Donbass. Fierce fighting has been raging for the town. Denis Pushilin, the interim head of the Donetsk People’s Republic said on February 16 that Russian forces had seized control of all key heights near Artyomovsk.
Belarusian Armed Forces, joint contingent with Russia a deterrence for Kiev — diplomat
The combat potential of Belarusian Armed Forces, augmented by the joint (with Russia) group of forces on Belarusian territory is a serious deterrence factor for the Kiev Regime, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview for Lenta.ru.
"The Belarusian Armed Forces are not directly involved in the special military operation, but their combat potential, augmented by the contingent of the joint Russian-Belarusian group of forces in the republic, is a serious deterrence factor for the Ukrainian Regime," the Deputy Foreign Minister said.
"Belarusian authorities treated the goals of the special military operation with understanding, and it has been consecutively and fully fulfilling their allied obligations before our country. During the initial stage of the special operation, when additional casualties were still avoidable, our Belarusian friends have exerted significant efforts to provide for negotiations with the Kiev authorities on Belarusian territory," he Galuzin said.
The combat potential of Belarusian Armed Forces, augmented by the joint (with Russia) group of forces on Belarusian territory is a serious deterrence factor for the Kiev Regime, Galuzin added.
"The Belarusian Armed Forces are not directly involved in the special military operation, but their combat potential, augmented by the contingent of the joint Russian-Belarusian group of forces in the republic, is a serious deterrence factor for the Ukrainian Regime," the Deputy Foreign Minister said.
Special operation, 28 February. Main :
▪️The Kiev regime uses terrorist methods, Putin said at the FSB board;
▪️Putin instructed the FSB to put a barrier to Ukrainian sabotage groups, the Russian-Ukrainian section of the state border of the Russian Federation should be under the special control of border guards;
▪️The United States is planning a provocation using toxic substances in Ukraine, they will blame Russia for this, the Russian Defense Ministry said. A train with a cargo of chemical substances arrived in Kramatorsk, later they were delivered to the line of contact;
▪️Russian electronic warfare systems suppressed Ukrainian drones that tried to attack civilian targets in the Krasnodar Territory and Adygea, the Russian Defense Ministry said;
▪️The drone crashed near Kolomna in the Moscow region, the target could be a civilian infrastructure object, the governor of the Moscow region said;
▪️Leopard tanks were seen in the Artemovsk area, this is the same target for the Russian military as other enemy equipment, said the adviser to the acting head of the DPR;
▪️The US is receiving and assessing reports of misuse of US “military aid” to Ukraine;
▪️Western media compared the volume of tanks promised to Ukraine by the EU countries with a "stream", which reflects the decline of the European military-industrial complex;
▪️Stoltenberg called Ukraine's membership in the alliance a "distant prospect"
▪️China's plan to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in terms of ensuring security is consistent with the approach of the Russian Federation, Peskov said.
Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers and 2 vehicles close to Kupyansk;
▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian troops, 4 armored fighting vehicles and a self-propelled Akatsiya howitzer in the Krasny Liman direction;
▪️Ukrainian losses in Donetsk amounted to 350 troops; 2 armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, D-20 howitzers and 2 D-30 howitzers;
▪️Russian artillery destroyed up to 45 Ukrainian soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks in the South Donetsk direction and in the Zaporozhye region. Russian forces destroyed ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Army in the Zaporozhye region;
▪️Russian forces performed a high-precision strike on the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Army close to Kherson;
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian UAVs and six HIMARS rockets in LPR, DPR and in the Zaporozhye region.
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