Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] About the battles in the Artemovsk area.
In the morning, they report that the road through Khromovo is physically cut off to the west of Khromovo in a section of several hundred meters. We are waiting for photo/video confirmation.
Despite statements about the formation of the Artemovsky cauldron, it is not yet formally closed - the neck is preserved to the south of the highway through Khromovo - this is a shot through and not yet physically cut road through Krasnoye (it is very problematic to use it) and fields between Krasnoye and Khromovo, which are problematic to move on in mud conditions (at least for wheeled vehicles, and tracked vehicles get stuck there with a bang).
So, we can rather say that our troops have come close to the formation of the Artemovsky pocket and have strengthened the operational encirclement of part of the Artemovskaya group - the affairs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are steadily deteriorating here.
Against the backdrop of complaints from the Armed Forces of Ukraine that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep Artemovsk and that they have to leave positions there, the transfer of enemy reserves to Chasov Yar, Rai-Aleksandrovka and the Seversky ledge continues. The enemy obviously did not give up hope of delivering counterattacks to the north and south of Artemovsk, and in fact only the weather prevents him from making this attempt.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take advantage of this and strike at the enemy reserves deployed to the Artemovsk direction. Without counterattacks, the dynamics of events in Artemovsk itself obviously cannot be changed - communication problems certainly affect the stability of the enemy forces in Artemovsk itself, which, under the onslaught of Wagner, are forced to constantly move back towards the block with high-rise buildings.
More: Taken from Wagner's V Kontakte page, a query by journalist from MASH:
Evgeny Viktorovich, good afternoon!
Since the morning, information has been received about the formation of a boiler for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut. We would like to clarify the current information about the operational situation in the city. And is the track of Chasov Yar - Bakhmut cut? Thank you.
We publish a comment by Yevgeny Prigozhin:
"It is too early to talk about the formation of a boiler for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk, as before they are in the so-called “operational encirclement”, when the roads are shot through. But there is no boiler. So there are tough fights. And those who speak their tongues ahead - they only create problems for us."
More from Rozhin:
Peskov's son fought in the PMC Wagner
Prigozhin that if they decided to create a PMC by analogy with Wagner, then it is necessary to solve the issues of training/supply in the same way as in Wagner. But just to recruit people and name PMCs - this will not work.
Along the way, topical problems of training and providing volunteers are voiced.
More of the interesting. Peskov's son fought in the PMC "Wagner" as a member of the calculation of the MLRS "Hurricane". Some will burn.