MOSCOW, May 27th. Ukraine could lose control of Chasovy Yar after the liberation of Artemivsk by Russian forces, observers from the American Military Watch Magazine write. , the article says.
Columnists recalled how President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky warned that with the loss of Artemivsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine risk losing such large cities as Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The settlement, which has come under Russian control, is of great strategic importance due to the logistics hubs passing through it, the authors noted.
On May 20, the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced that Russian forces had taken control of Artyomovsk after more than 220 days military operations. Later, on the night of May 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that as a result of the offensive actions of the Wagner attack aircraft, with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of the city was completed.