Heavy fighting is going on around Bakhmut and Soledar
Ukraine reports that it has strengthened defenses around the city of Bakhmut in the Donbas region in the east of the country, and Russia’s Wagner private military his company fends off incessant attacks by mercenaries.
The owner of this company is an oligarch known as “Putin’s chef”. Yevgeny Prigogine attempts to capture this city with numerous underground mines at any cost.
Kyiv as well as sent additional forces to defend the city of Soledar near Bakhmut.
Ukraine officials report that the situation around this city is more serious.
Ukraine military statement says:
“The enemy is making unsuccessful attempts from different sides to attack the city of Soledar. They are professionals in this part of the front military they brought the unions and the Wagnerians.”
Prigozhin has been trying to capture Bakhmut and Soledar for months, despite heavy losses on both sides.
Prigogine’s personal interests?
Military experts say that the capture of these cities Russia may give a very slight strategic change to his side.
According to Reuters, USA one of the officials said that Prigozhin had his eye on the rich salt and lime (gypsum) deposits here.
According to pro-Russian bloggers, Prigozhin said that there is currently a battle for the capture of the administration building in Soledar.
The Ukrainian military says that it has sent additional forces to remove the enemy from the vicinity of Soledar.
of Ukraine from the command in the east Sergey Cherevaty He told Ukrainian television that “brutal and bloody” battles were going on in Soledar.
Has the front line been breached?
of Donetsk region of Ukraine two civilians last night in the part under his control perished and two more people were injured.
Head of the military administration of the Donetsk region Pavel Kirilenko said that this happened as a result of Russia’s shelling of the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar.
Before that, the telegram channels linked to Russia reported that the front had split in the Soledar region and Russia they wrote that his army was advancing in Bakhmut district.
Ukrainian sources say that there is no question of the front breaking, but heavy fighting is going on around both cities.
On January 9, from the headquarters of the so-called DPR, the village of Bakhmutskoye in the Donetsk region was captured by the Russians. news was given.
This village It is located near the city of Soledar. Ukraine did not comment on this news.