It is noted that this happened despite the deployment of several of the most trained units of the Armed Forces thereMADRID, March 6.
/tass/. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) suffered huge losses in Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut), despite the fact that they placed several of the best brigades there. This was reported on Monday by the Spanish newspaper El País.
According to the newspaper, on Friday, the Ukrainian army blew up two small bridges connecting the only APU-controlled access road to Artemovsk, and replaced them with a pontoon bridge. According to the newspaper, several small groups of Ukrainian military arrived in the settlement as reinforcements.
As The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, the Ukrainian military recognizes that several of the most trained units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defeated in the battles near Artemivsk in recent months. The publication clarified that data on losses in Ukraine are classified, but some officers admit losses on condition of anonymity.
Artemovsk is located in the Kiev-controlled part of the DPR, and is an important transport hub for supplying the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbass. Fierce battles are taking place outside the city. On February 16, the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin reported that Russian forces had taken all the main heights in the area of Artemovsk.
