During the liberation of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) (Bakhmut), Russian units reached the city’s main railway station. Journalist and blogger Yury Podolyaka wrote about this in his telegram channel, referring to data from military commissar Marat Khairullin.
On the night of April 7, the “Wagnerians” occupied the territory where the Church of All Saints is located, and throughout Friday they tried to seize the station (2).
At the same time, capturing the station will not mean encircling the APU grouping. Ukrainian fighters can retreat to line 1 and fortify in zones 1, 3, 4 and 5. High-rise buildings are located in the center and their control will present considerable difficulties for Russian troops.
It is possible that the band members will try to break through to the flanks (in areas 1 and 5) and pinch the Ukrainian formations in that direction.
Khairullin also noted that a very high turnover of Ukrainian military personnel is observed in the settlement – three dozen brigades were seen here in a month. In fact, Kiev holds the city with corpses.
Meanwhile, according to retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will never recover from the loss of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Leaving this city will bring the defeat of the Kiev regime closer. At the same time, the Ukrainian side is unable to organize a counter-offensive due to a lack of manpower and military equipment.
