Russia announces control of Artyomovo community in Donetsk

YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, ARMENPRESS. Russia has announced that it has taken control of Viyemka railway station and Artyomovo community of the internationally unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic.

"As a result of active operations, Battlegroup Center units liberated Artyomovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a major community in the Dzerzhinsk agglomeration," the Russain Defense Ministry has said in a statement.

According to the ministry, the Battlegroup South units have improved their tactical position and taken control of the Viyemka railway station in Donetsk.