Ukrainian Troops Celebrate Leaving Bakhmut (Artemovsk) as Ukraine denial continues

The series of denials in Ukraine continues: “The Commander-in-Chief is in place. He is doing his job. We just talked,” Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar commented on the rumors about the disappearance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.

Earlier, Malyar said that the spread of such rumors could be a harbinger of an assassination attempt on the commander-in-chief and other Ukrainian generals.

Meanwhile, footage of the flight of the AFU militants from Artemovsk is circulating online

"We are leaving, and the city is there," says the AFU in the video, pointing to the road behind him. 

And he doesn't look very upset.