Russia says Soledar’s die is cast, but Ukraine denies key city’s fall [VIDEO]

Russia assured this Wednesday that the fate of the city of Soledar in eastern Ukraine has been sealed, although it acknowledged that several hundred Ukrainian soldiers are still resisting in the center of the city, which has been reduced to rubble after months of bombing.

“The Airborne Forces have blocked solder from north and south. The air forces are attacking the enemy fortifications, and the assault units are fighting in the city, ”said the representative of the Ministry of Defense. RussiaLieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The military report came a few hours after the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced that his people had taken control of “the entire territory of Soledar.”

However, Prigozhin, a businessman close to the Kremlin, has become even more notorious in recent months for recruiting thousands of prisoners to fight in UkraineHe admitted that fighting is still going on in the city.

In any case, he insisted that the only Russian assault units that fought in solder These are the words of Wagner, who attributes exclusively to his private company the successes on this front, the only notable successes of the Russian troops in several months.

Ukraine denies the fall of Soledar

The Kiev military command denied the information that the city, considered one of the strongholds of the Ukrainian defensive lines in this sector of the Donbass front, came under control Russia.

“The Russians say that Soledar is under their control. This is not true. For details, see the summary of the General Staff,” said Serhiy Cherevatry, a representative of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, quoted by Ukrinform.

Vice Minister of Defense UkraineHanna Malyar, for her part, argued that in solder “the enemy does not pay attention to the heavy losses among his personnel and continues to actively attack.”

“The approaches to our positions are simply littered with the bodies of dead enemy soldiers,” Maliar wrote in his Telegram channel.

He added that Russia sent replacement units to solder and increased the number of Wagner mercenaries, but “could not break through the Ukrainian defenses and completely capture the city.”

About 500 Ukrainians still resist

Military expert and adviser to the headquarters of the annexed Russia Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) spokesman Jan Gagin noted that information coming from the city indicates that up to 500 Ukrainian soldiers are still stationed there.

“About this number is called by the commanders of our units,” Gagin told the official Russian TASS news agency.

He added that the Ukrainian troops that remain in solder they would be able to resist much longer, and he emphasized that they had only two options: die or surrender.

Soledar, key city

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin stressed that the “liberation” solder this will allow Russian troops to better control the cities of Artemosk (Bakhmut) and Sivirsk and pave the way for Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the two largest cities of Donbass loyal to Kyiv.

According to Pushilin, the situation is reaching “a turning point in the liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”

In its latest report, the American Institute for War Research (ISW) stressed that the capture solder this would not mean the immediate encirclement of Baymouth.

“Control of solder this will not necessarily allow Russian forces to exercise control over important Ukrainian ground communications with Bakhmut, ”the ISW noted.

Zelensky is studying the situation with Belarus

The president UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy arrived today in Lviv, in the west of the country, where he met with military leaders who briefed him on the situation on the border with Belarus and the security measures taken in the region.

“We understand that, apart from strong statements, we see nothing there on this matter, however, we must be ready, both at the border and in the regions,” Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian military command has so far ruled out a Russian attack from the territory of Belarus, similar to the one that Russia launched at the beginning of its military campaign in Ukraine- despite the fact that Moscow has stationed in this country about 10,000 soldiers and a huge number of tanks and military equipment.

According to Kyiv, the continuous transfer of Russian troops to Belarus is aimed exclusively at Ukraine divert forces from the eastern fronts.

(As reported by EFE)

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