The Russian occupiers have concentrated huge efforts on the assault on Soledar in the Donetsk region, but the city is holding on thanks to the Ukrainian defenders. However, almost nothing remained of Soledar's infrastructure.
As the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko said on the air of the telethon, even more fierce battles began in the second half of the day in the Bakhmut direction. Soledar is the hottest point.
As you know, the enemy concentrated his efforts very significantly on the city of Soledar. mercenaries and trying to get into the city. But the most fierce fighting continues, and this indicates that the city is Ukrainian. He is holding on thanks to our defenders," Kirilenko stressed.
According to him, all the fakes spread by the occupiers, starting from the end of last week, that the city is supposedly already under their flag, they have entered and are moving further, do not correspond to reality.
"But it is true that the hottest spot is Soledar, which actually has no infrastructure left. There are only those fortifications, mines that are located there, into which the enemy is also trying to get through. But the command knows about it. The command is here, on place, all the necessary measures from regrouping to adding additional forces have already been taken. Additional forces will be applied if necessary," the chairman of the Donetsk Regional Military District concluded.