Ukrainian militants are exhausted and refuse to go on the attack in the area of Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) and Soledar. This was announced on Tuesday, December 20, by the assistant to the head of Chechnya, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov.
At the same time, he stressed that Russian troops are advancing at a good pace along the entire line of contact with the enemy.
“We note the situation that the enemy has completely massively begun to refuse to conduct hostilities and to be directly on the front line,” he stressed on the air of the TV channel. “Russia 1”.
Earlier that day, an officer of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Andriy Marochko, also reported that the Ukrainian military was refusing to attack in areas near these cities. According to him, due to losses in manpower and equipment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the defensive there.
In addition, Marochko said that Ukrainian units in Artemovsk began to resort to scorched earth tactics. He clarified that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striking at surviving residential buildings, socially important facilities and transport interchanges.
Prior to that, on December 13, Marochko said that the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were sabotaging the orders of their command to launch a counteroffensive in the Artemivsk region. According to Marochko, Ukrainian drivers of one of the armored groups poured fuel and lubricants to disrupt the offensive.
Marochko also said that, according to intelligence, the senior officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attribute defeats and heavy losses to “unfavorable weather conditions.”
Russia’s special operation to protect Donbass, whose residents refused to recognize the results of the 2014 coup d’état in Ukraine, continues. The decision to hold it was made against the backdrop of the aggravated situation in the region due to increased shelling by Ukrainian troops.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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