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Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are preparing to attempt to unblock the Ukrainian formations besieged in Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut). This was stated by the commander of the special forces "Akhmat", assistant to the head of the Chechen Republic, Major General Apty Alaudinov.
According to Alaudinov, the loss of Artemovsk for the Kiev regime will be a big image blow. It is very important for Kiev to unblock the city and prevent its liberation by Russian troops. Then the Ukrainian regime would be able to point out that the Russian army was never able to take Artemovsk.
- said Apty Alaudinov on the air of the TV channel "Russia 1".
Further, the commander of the "Akhmat" stressed that when the AFU counteroffensive occurs, it will be quite difficult to restrain it at the initial stage, since a large number of forces and means in one sector of the front always creates a lot of problems. But, Alaudinov noted, the goal of the operation planned by the Ukrainian command and NATO to unblock Artemovsk is unlikely to be achieved.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner PMC, also stated that Ukrainian formations could launch a counteroffensive near Artemivsk. He stated that he was aware of this and all possible actions would be taken to prevent such a development of events.
