Russian forces have taken control of almost 90% of the city of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine), Yan Gagin, an advisor to the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) leader, told TASS on Tuesday.
"The Wagner private military company controls about 90% of Artyomovsk and its advance is inevitable," he said.
Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on April 11 that Russian forces controlled more than 80% of Artyomovsk, including all administrative buildings.
Gagin specified that Ukrainian troops were booby-trapping and blowing up major infrastructure facilities before leaving the western outskirts of Artyomovsk. "The Ukrainian armed forces are okay with using scorched earth tactics. This is what they did in Volnovakha and Mariupol, and now, they are blowing up and booby-trapping major infrastructure facilities in Artyomovsk before retreating from the western outskirts of the city. A local community center was one of the buildings that they blew up recently," Gagin noted.
Earlier, he told TASS that Ukraine was redeploying troops to Artyomovsk but the majority of new soldiers were getting killed on their approach to the city.
Artyomovsk, located in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), is an important transport hub in terms of Ukrainian military supplies. Heavy fighting is raging in the area.
Special operation, 16 April. Main:
▪️Russian air defense systems over the past day shot down 4 Ukrainian drones, three HARM anti-radar missiles and 10 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS shells, the Russian Defense Ministry said
▪️Wagner detachments liberated two more quarters in Artemovsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said
▪️The southern group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction destroyed up to 145 Ukrainian military and 14 pieces of equipment in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
▪️In the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansky directions, Kyiv lost about 115 military personnel per day, the Russian defense department said
▪️French journalists arrived in Gulyaipole, probably to prepare provocative videos about Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
▪️Italy transferred about 20 M109L self-propelled artillery mounts to Kyiv, the train with them passed through the railway station of the northern city of Udine on Saturday, the newspapers la Repubblica and Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday
▪️Pope Francis congratulated all Christians who this Sunday celebrate the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, and especially addressed the believers in Russia and Ukraine, wishing them peace
▪️On Easter night, Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, hitting the area of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, where the Easter service was taking place, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported, a civilian was killed, seven people were injured.
Special operation, 17 April. Main:
▪️Assault detachments captured two quarters in the north-west and in the center of Artemovsk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
▪️US resources for military assistance to Ukraine are not unlimited, the Pentagon said.
▪️They noted that the supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine will take 1.5 years if such a decision is made, and the White House noted that they do not intend to accept it.
▪️Slovakia has completed the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Kyiv, the Minister of Defense said: 13 aircraft are "already in Ukraine."
▪️Political will and ability to help Kyiv are declining in 10 European countries, Newsweek writes, citing classified documents.
▪️More than $45 billion of international aid has been received by the Ukrainian budget since the beginning of the Russian special operation, said the MP Zheleznyak.
▪️The Cabinet of Ministers of Slovakia followed the example of Poland and Hungary - approved a ban on the import of certain Ukrainian products, it will come into force on April 19 and may affect grain, vegetables and fruits.
▪️The SBU announced the detention of the ex-head of the Kherson railway station, he is accused of cooperation with Russia.
The start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is scheduled for April 30, the West is actively preparing Ukraine for it, Newsweek writes, citing secret documents leaked to the network.
▪️The US Ambassador was invited to a meeting of the State Duma Commission on April 18 to give explanations about the activities of biological laboratories in Ukraine, but she refused to come.
▪️Russia is interested in the conflict in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, Lavrov said.
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