The Ukrainian commander called the battles near Artemovsk a living hell

Moscow, January 31 – Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of the Svoboda battalion of the 4th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, said that the situation in the Artemyevsk region (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) is complex, since fierce battles have been going on there for half a year.

“Five or six months ago, hell was living near Bakhmut. The enemy is constantly attacking. Every day and every hour is a constant, fierce battle. When I constantly hear about the danger of a large-scale attack, I have a question: What is happening now near Bakhmut.. This is not an attack.” Extensive? – Nazarenko said on the air of the Rada TV channel.

He also notes that in the battles for the city his battalion “suffers heavy losses.”

Artyomovsk is located in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DRC, north of the large city of Gorlovka, and is an important transport hub for supplying the Ukrainian grouping of forces in the Donbass.