AFU are neither beseiged, nor retreating from Bakhmut - fighter of Svoboda battalion 

He told about this on the air of the Espreso TV channel

"It is difficult to hide the state of affairs. Indeed, we are not advancing towards the enemy, but retreating. However, it is also difficult to call it a retreat. The mass media are already reporting which villages and positions have been lost, but it is still too early to talk about it. Since there are such situations when our troops are withdrawing to stronger and better positions. Therefore, nothing significant has happened in recent days. We control everything," Lysenko said.

A soldier of the Svoboda battalion noted that the city of Bakhmut is not surrounded by Russian troops.

"Bakhmut is controlled by our troops. The city is subjected to daily shelling. No important roads are occupied by the enemy. There is no question of any encirclement of the city. These are all really provocations of the Russian mass media. Therefore, you should not believe Russian propagandists. Severodonetsk and Rubizhne were once surrounded. Therefore, believe me, I know what it is," he added.