The acting head of the DPR, Pushilin, awarded the fighters of the Wagner group and noted their heroism.

DONETSK, March 10 – RIA Novosti. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR considered worthy The military personnel of the Wagner group noted the heroism of the fighters of the unit.

“The stormtroopers of PMC Wagner came directly from the front line to receive the orders and medals of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Heroic men. In the entrusted areas of the front, the “musicians” demonstrate the best traditions of Russian military brotherhood: strength, power, fearlessness, a sense of elbow. and only forward movement” , – wrote on the telegram channel Pushilin.

Noting the professionalism of the Union fighters, Pushilin said that Wagner soldiers rescued thousands of civilians and participated in the evacuation of civilians from the war zone. “The guys deserve both the awards and the gratitude of the residents of Donbass,” added Pushilin.

In early March, Prigozhin said that the group’s fighters had effectively surrounded Artemovsk, and Yan Gagin, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, announced this on Monday. On Saturday, two Ukrainian security officials immediately reported that their units received orders to leave Artemivsk – this is the commander with the call sign “Magyar” and the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko, now the commander of an assault platoon. drones. Sergei Rakhmanin, previously a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Committee for National Security, Defense and Intelligence of Ukraine, said that the situation in Artemivsk is critical.

Artemovsk is located in the Kiev-controlled part of the DPR, north of the large city of Gorlovka. It is an important transport hub for supplying the Ukrainian contingent in Donbass.