According to the Russian Telegram channel, the Spring Military Corps with referring to Igor Kimkovsky, adviser to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian armed forces took Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) under operational encirclement.
“The city is now under operational encirclement, our serious fists are forming on both sides, they are covering the city,” the adviser said.
Kimakovsky added that artillery of the RF Armed Forces is operating “already around Artemovsk.”< /p>
Arestovich called the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from Soledar “an order of the planned decision”