Bridge Ukrainian forces planned to use for Artyomovsk reinforcements destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry

MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) - Russian forces have destroyed a bridge in Chasov Yar which Ukrainian forces were planning to use to deploy reinforcements and ammunition to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

"A bridge which Ukrainian forces have been trying to use to deliver ammunition and reinforcements to Artyomovsk has been destroyed near Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Friday.

"Two ammo depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 54th and 110th Mechanized Brigades have been destroyed near Kramatorsk and Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic," he said.