Taking Soledar would move Russia closer to encircling the city of Bakhmut, a key transportation juncture in the Donbas region that has been under heavy Russian assault since August
Russia has reportedly captured the strategic town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, a victory that would mark the first significant battlefield gain for the invading forces after months of humiliating defeats.
however, said that it was still fighting for the town. “Heavy fighting to hold onto Soledar continues. The enemy disregards the heavy losses of its personnel and continues to storm actively,” Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said in a statement. If Russia has indeed captured Soledar the victory will have come at an enormous cost. Ukrainian officials describe the city as utterly destroyed, with the battlefield covered in corpses. “The approaches to our positions are simply strewn with the bodies of dead enemy fighters,” Ms. Maliar said. “Our fighters are bravely holding the defence.”
The Globe is not naming the sniper since they were not authorized to publicly discuss the battlefield situation. He compared Russia’s tactics to those used by armies during the First World War and said that both Soledar and Bakhmut were almost completely empty of civilians.
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