It is reported that the Ukrainian army has left Soledar
Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region “to avoid unnecessary casualties”.
Information about this Armed Forces of Ukrainethe spokesman of the Eastern bloc Sergey Cherevaty gave
According to Cherevati, the front line in Soledar has been straightened and so on Ukraine be surrounded by soldiers or captive the danger of falling is gone:
“We are located along the pre-prepared defense line. We have fulfilled the main task: it was not allowed for the enemy to systematically break through the front in the direction of Donetsk and move to the rear of our positions and then settle in the operational area. We managed to make the enemy lose the maximum manpower and exhaust his strength.”
While explaining the reasons for the withdrawal, Cherevati said:
“We cannot act like our enemy and throw our fighters directly into the mouth of death.” We are trying to maneuver, silence with fire, use tactics of small groups and tire the enemy as much as possible.”
Cherevati also said that the enemy Kyiv near Kharkiv in his operation, he wants to cover up his failures at Liman and Kherson by capturing the small town of Soledar.
Although not a strategic success
of Russia Ministry of Defence He spread the news about Soledar’s capture as early as January 13.
At that time, the official news of the ministry said:
“The offensive operation carried out in this direction ended with the defeat of the Ukrainian armed forces and the capture of the city of Soledar. This operation Russia by different groups of troops, however unit carried out with an action plan. As for the attacks on the city quarters of Soledar, this combat mission is unique to Wagner military was fulfilled by the brave and selfless actions of the company’s volunteers”.
However, Cherevati states that Russian troops In the capture of Soledar, he suffered as many losses as in the two Chechen wars.
So Soledar after the captured city of Lisichansk last summer Russia was the first more or less large city that his forces were able to take control of.
Many military experts say that although Soledar is not of strategic importance in itself, it could facilitate the attack of Russian troops on the neighboring city of Bakhmut.
But it is noted that in this episode it is not possible to argue about the breakdown of the Ukrainian front, because east of the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk of Ukraine there is another strong line of defense.