The Ukrainian military officer said that as of January 8, Bakhmut and

Soledar

in Donetsk region are controlled by the Ukrainian military, and information about the alleged capture of Soledar by the occupiers is the work of Kremlin propagandists.  

This was told by an employee of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on TikTok. 

"I want to reassure everyone about yesterday's hysteria with the city of Soledar, with Bakhmut, these cities are under the control of the Armed Forces. It just so happened that there are no Cossacks in Soledar who cover news events," he explained. 

Thus, according to him, recently, reinforcements from the number of previously serving Russians, in particular paratroopers, arrived in Bakhmut, and they were told that supposedly everything was already in Bakhmut, and they tried to advance on the city for four days in a row, but by now many of these soldiers had already died.

He also said that yesterday, January 7, the Russians attacked their position in Bakhmut, but everything was saved.

"Friends, yesterday the creatures "stocked" our position, a mine flew three meters away, slightly damaged our weapon, but we repaired it overnight and are working again in the morning," said the soldier.

"Everything is fine with us, we are working as always, we are in our positions. Despite the frosty weather, it is -16°C outside, we are holding on, everything will be fine," said another soldier. 

The situation in Bakhmut and Soledar

The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar, informed that in some areas of the Donetsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine is advancing little by little, but the enemy is also advancing.

And in

Soledar, the situation is really difficult at the moment.

Russian troops

do not stop trying to surround Bakhmut

.

They throw a lot of manpower into the storming of the city and suffer heavy losses.

The Ukrainian military has been defending the city from the invaders for almost five months.

Oleksandr Musienko of military legal research explained that Russia manages to advance in the area of ​​Bakhmut or Soledar due to the "support" of people:

the occupiers are simply thrown into battle without the support

of equipment and artillery and do not pay attention to heavy losses.

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