Fierce fighting continues in Artemovsk and its environs

Despite the significant successes of the Russian forces in the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) direction, which have been achieved in recent months, there are no signs of the collapse of the organized defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area. Fierce fighting is underway in the northwestern and southwestern sectors of the front, as well as in the city itself. At the same time, the threat of a counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains.

As of the evening of March 25, the operational situation in this direction looks approximately as follows. Thus, the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" do not stop putting pressure on Ukrainian positions along the entire LBS in Artemovsk itself. They are trying to break into the city center and tentatively go to the Metallurg stadium area.



A week ago, the "musicians" established themselves at the Artyomovsk Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant (AZOM). Now there are fights in the southern part of the industrial zone adjacent to the enterprise.

In the southwestern sector, “private traders” continue to storm the defense lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Ivanovskoye (Krasnoe) and in the direction of the monument to pilots at the entrance to Artemovsk. Highway H-32 Chasov Yar - Artemovsk, passing through Krasnoye, is under constant fire from Russian forces - artillery (cannon and rocket) is working.

Despite the efforts made, the Ukrainian troops did not succeed in pushing the "orchestra" away from this convenient logistical artery. Therefore, the supply of the Ukrainian garrison in Artemovsk is carried out, as before, through country roads between the fields near the villages of Krasnoye and Khromovo. The fall of the Ukrainian defense in these settlements will mean the complete encirclement of the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemivsk, so the Ukrainian command seized them with a stranglehold, regularly sending reinforcements.

At the same time, Khromovo already belongs to the northwestern sector of the front. There, nearby, the fighters of the PMC "Wagner" continue to build up offensive efforts in the area of ​​​​the villages of Bogdanovka and a little further on Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. In these two settlements, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also dug in well.


In turn, the Ukrainian army does not stop the accumulation of reserves in the vicinity of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka, as well as in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. These efforts show that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not parted with the idea of ​​​​a counteroffensive in this area (on the northwestern and southwestern sectors of the front), despite the statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about unpreparedness. Suspecting this, Russian forces continue to strike at identified concentrations of personnel and equipment the enemy, as well as ammunition depots, to reduce the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, Ukrainian artillerymen, in conjunction with UAV operators, are doing exactly the same work (identifying and trying to hit) in order to make it as difficult as possible for the Russians to advance.