LPR ambassador reports that joint forces of Russia and republics of Donbass enter Artemovsk

05.08.2022, Moscow.

Combat for the city began in the streets of Artemovsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic, ambassador of the Lugansk People’s Republic Rodion Miroshnik wrote on his Telegram channel on August 4.

“The Wagner PMC and joint forces of [Russia and republics of Donbass] entered Artemovsk. Combat in the streets of the city is underway,” Miroshnik wrote at 22:21.

On the evening of August 4, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said that as a result of active offensive actions of Russian troops and the DPR and LPR People’s Militias in the areas of Soledar, Artemovsk and Avdeevka, units of three brigades of the Ukrainian army abandoned their positions. They were the 54th Mechanized, 56th and 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian army, which had lost their combat effectiveness due to heavy losses.

Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency

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